Module Information

Module Identifier
HY12120
Module Title
Introduction to History
Academic Year
2025/2026
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Exclusive (Any Acad Year)
Reading List
Other Staff

Course Delivery

 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment 1 x 1,000 word bibliographical exercise  30%
Semester Assessment 1 x 2,000 word short project  70%
Supplementary Assessment 1 x 1,000 word supplementary(resit) bibliographical exercise  30%
Supplementary Assessment 1 x 2,000 word supplementary (resit) short project  70%

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to

a) undertake simple but essential bibliographical exercises
b) read secondary historical material with a degree of critical awareness
c) recognise the need to adopt best practice in undertaking research
d) engage with historical debate and offer observation on the relative merits of historical positions
e) represent their engagment with the secondary literature in oral (not assessed) and written (assessed) work
f) reflect critically upon their own historical perspective and anticipate the relevance of acquired skills for further study at degree level

Brief description

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Content

This course is designed to help students make the transition to the study of history at degree level. Through a series of fifteen sessions students will be introduced to a range of skills, techniques and practical exercises intended to cover fundamental elements not only of undergraduate study but also of historians' practice. One of these sessions will be an essay feedback session (tutorial) with a seminar tutor. Seminar tutors will guide students through the following elements:

- summary and note-taking
- true paraphrasing and quotation
- research and time-management
- use of the library and IT
- presentations
- essay writing and examination preparation
- seminar work and group discussion

Module Skills

Skills Type Skills details
Subject Specific Skills .

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4