Historical Foundations of Western Civilisation I : modern times and the contemporary period [ LFIAL1160 ]

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This chronological approach to Modern times and the Contemporary era is designed to provide an introduction to the main frameworks and the essential historic concepts which are linked to it, to reveal the variety of sources available to the historian as well as various issues in research.

By the end of the course, students will have acquired the following :
1. Knowledge :

• Have a foundation of core knowledge through a chronology common to the different disciplines (archaeology, history, history of art, literature), with the aim of broadening students' general education so they can follow the specialised training courses offered by the Faculty ;
• Understand and apply the concepts, methods and analytical practices relating to historical research

2. Practical skills :

• Establish links within the discipline and between the different disciplines in the common semester by making use of the different approaches put forward by the teams of lecturers and tutor ;
• Master the use of academic language which will enable them to develop skills in understanding and drafting ;
• Manage, in a relevant and efficient way, the different devices and working tools provided by the lecturers and tutor to make learning more effective and successful.

Assessment is on :

• understanding of the spatio-temporal frameworks and the main concepts ;
• understanding of aspects developed during the course.

4 hours of lectures per week during the second half of the term given by a team of lecturers qualified in modern and contemporary eras.

Supervision is done through a system of tutorial sessions.

The iCampus course website provides support documents including a detailed plan of the course, suggested bibliographies, chronological tables, texts, maps and  illustrations (monuments, works of art, caricatures).

The lecturers make use in a critical way of a variety of sources (particularly  textual, archaeological and iconographic).

See the iCampus course website

This course is equivalent to LCOPS1113.