Module Catalogue 2024/25

HIS3195 : Weimar Republic (Inactive)

HIS3195 : Weimar Republic (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Felix Schulz
  • Owning School: History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 20
ECTS Credits: 10.0
European Credit Transfer System
Pre-requisite

Modules you must have done previously to study this module

Pre Requisite Comment

N/A

Co-Requisite

Modules you need to take at the same time

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

The module aims to:
•Examine the political and cultural history of the Weimar Republic, and to locate it in the context of modern German history.
•Identify a range of primary sources and contemporary publications.
•Examine and evaluate a range of historiographical perspectives.
•Provide an opportunity of investigating in some depth selected problems including the appraisal of selected source material and the critical examination of current historiography.

Outline Of Syllabus

Topics may include:
Defeat
German revolution and origins of the republic
Post-war crisis
Party Democracy
Popular politics and 'mass' society
Sexual politics
Weimar culture
Authoritarianism and the end of the Republic.

Learning Outcomes

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

Students will acquire a knowledge and understanding of the history of Germany during the Weimar Republic. The module is intended to enable students to develop an understanding of the relationship between the political culture (party politics and the political ideology and engagement of intellectuals and artists) and the broader history of the period, including social and economic change, and the tensions in international relations.

Intended Skill Outcomes

Students will develop research skills and the ability to present ideas coherently to a group of peers in the form of a pre-circulated summary introduction to a seminar theme, to be followed by an oral presentation.
They will be able to identify and evaluate the usefulness of a range of primary sources, comment on their provenance, perspective, content and significance, and be able to apply them appropriately in their oral and written discussion of the period.

The module will thus encourage the development of associated skills in research, critical reading and reasoning, sustained discussion and appropriate presentation of the results.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion551:0055:001/3 of guided independent study
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading551:0055:001/3 of guided independent study
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching22:004:00Introduction and revision session
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching103:0030:00Seminars
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDrop-in/surgery21:002:00N/A
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study541:0054:001/3 of guided independent study
Total200:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Seminars will encourage students to select and prioritise from a rang of source material, and will enable students to raise and discus issues themselves. All students will also undertake the presentation of a specific theme in both written and oral form.

Tutorials provide in-depth feedback and offer an opportunity for some one-to-one discussion.

Reading Lists

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1801A70N/A
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay1M304 documentary commentaries. Each 500 words, set and returned at regular intervals.
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Comment for Assessment: 4 doc. commentaries of 500 words by dates specified in module guides.

Exams test acquisition of a clear general knowledge of the subject plus the ability to think and analyse a problem quickly, to select from and to apply both the general knowledge and detailed knowledge of aspects of the subject to new questions, problem-solving skills, adaptability, the ability to work unaided and to write clearly and concisely.

Documentary commentary exercises and examinations test knowledge and understanding of the texts set for the module. The ability to compare and contrast related source texts on a common subject. The ability to expound and criticize a textual extract lucidly, succinctly and with relevance in a relatively brief space, and, in an exam, under pressure of time.

Work submitted during the delivery of the module forms a means of determining student progress. Submitted work tests knowledge outcomes and develops skills in research, reading and writing.

Submitted work, tests, intended knowledge and skills outcomes develops key skills in research, reading and writing

This module can be made available to Erasmus students only with the agreement of the Head of Subject and of the Module Leader. This option must be discussed in person at the beginning of your exchange period. No restrictions apply to study-abroad, exchange and Loyola students.

All Erasmus students at Newcastle University are expected to do the same assessment as students registered for a degree.

Study-abroad, non-Erasmus exchange and Loyola students spending semester 1 only are required to finish their assessment while in Newcastle. This will take the form of an alternative assessment, as outlined in the formats below:

Modules assessed by Coursework and Exam:
The normal alternative form of assessment for all semester 1 non-EU study abroad students will be one essay in addition to the other coursework assessment (the length of the essay should be adjusted in order to comply with the assessment tariff); to be submitted no later than 12pm Friday of week 12. The essays should be set so as to assure coverage of the course content to date.

Modules assessed by Exam only:
The normal alternative form of assessment for all semester 1 non-EU study abroad students will be two 2,000 word written exercises; to be submitted no later than 12pm Friday of week 12. The essays should be set so as to assure coverage of the course content to date.

Modules assessed by Coursework only:
All semester 1 non-EU study abroad students will be expected to complete the standard assessment for the module; to be submitted no later than 12pm Friday of week 12. The essays should be set so as to assure coverage of the course content to date.

Study-abroad, non-Erasmus exchange and Loyola students spending the whole academic year or semester 2 are required to complete the standard assessment as set out in the MOF under all circumstances.

Timetable

Past Exam Papers

General Notes

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