Module overview
Linked modules
HIST3060
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse a wide range of primary sources (including images), with regard to their specific context, and comment succinctly on their significance
- develop a coherently-written argument based on an engagement with primary sources and secondary texts.
- identify and engage with the most important historiographical texts on the subject.
- reflect on the wide-ranging impact of the Holocaust, in particular in regard to memory.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate critical time management skills by handling several tasks competently at the same time.
- work both individually and within the context of a small group.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the unfolding of the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime during the Second World War
- Jewish experiences of, and responses to, the Holocaust
- the end phase of the Holocaust and the liberation, the aftermaths and the memory of the Holocaust since 1945
- The experiences of other victim groups
- the variety of experiences of occupation, collaboration and resistance in occupied Europe during the the Second World War
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 48 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 76 |
| Follow-up work | 76 |
| Completion of assessment task | 100 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Daniel J. Goldhagen (1995). Hitler’s Willing Executioners. Knopf.
Omer Bartov (ed.) (2000). The Holocaust. Routledge.
Ian Kershaw (2001). Hitler, Vol. 1 and 2. Penguin.
Saul Friedländer (1998). Nazi Germany and the Jews. Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
Neil Gregor (2000). Nazism. Oxford.
Götz Aly (1998). The Final Solution. Arnold.
Mark Roseman (2001). The Villa, the Lake, the Meeting. Penguin.
Jeremy Noakes and Pridham, G (2000). Nazism 1919-1945, vols 2+4. Exeter.
David Cesarani, (ed.) (1994). The Final Solution. Routledge.
Ulrich Herbert (ed.) (2000). National Socialist extermination policy. Berghahn.
Philip Burrin (1994). Hitler and the Jews. Arnold.
Jeremy Noakes and Pridham, G (2000). Nazism 1919-1945, vols 1+3. Exeter.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 50% |
| Written assignment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External