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MO4962   France and Africa in the Twentieth Century: Colonialism, Anti-colonialism, Post-colonialism

Academic year(s): 2017-2018

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Full Year

Availability restrictions: Available only to students in the second year of the Honours programme.

Planned timetable: See http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/infoug/ugtimetable

In 1918, French imperial power in Africa reached its zenith. Yet the next fifty years were characterised by contradiction, decline, and conflict, as the certainties of the 'age of empire' were challenged.This module examines French imperial rule in Africa, and its legacies and afterlives, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the contemporary post-colonial era. Key topics that will be explored include the ideas that underpinned French imperialism; the effects of imperialism on colonised societies; challenges to imperial rule was challenged and undermined; the complex relationship between French republican ideals and imperialism; movements of people and ideas from Africa to metropolitan France; and the persistent and important legacies of empire in the post-colonial era.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours: 66

Guided independent study hours: 534

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2 x 3-hour Written Examinations = 60%, Coursework = 40%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 40%

Re-assessment: New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,000 - 2,500 words) and 1 x 4,000- to 5,000-word essay = 100%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Dr S Tyre