Modern History III, the Age of Cold War
Code: 100347 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500501 History | OB | 3 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Josep Puigsech Farràs
- Email:
- josep.puigsech@uab.cat
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Teachers
- Josep Puigsech Farràs
Prerequisites
Knowledge of international modern history prior to 1945 and basic reading proficiency in English are absolutely necessary for the class.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The goals to be achieved are the following: knowing and understanding the events of the so-called Cold War, in order to be able to extract the keys to explain its afthermaths. In fact, this subject is linked to current history. Thus, it seeks to get students used to argue professionally, as historians, and break the separation between their every-day and historiographic perception.
At the end of the course, students should have sufficient knowledge of the causes that led to the Cold War and the specificity of this phenomenon, as well as its phases, periods and actors on global scale. The processes of decolonization also be part of the curriculum, although they would need a specific subject. Other issues addressed are: economic and social evolution in the Western world and the Eastern bloc, economic and social evolution in the USSR and the People's Republic of China, and armed conflicts or women's role during the Cold War. Depending on the time available, specific issues such as the years of youth rebellion in the 1960s, the terrorism of the 1970s, the sport in the 1970s and 1980s or the musical counterculture in the 1980s will be addressed.
Competences
- Critically assessing the fonts and theoretical models in order to analyse the different historical periods.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Mastering the basic diachronic and thematic concepts of the historical science.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
- Developing the ability of historical analysis and synthesis.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the social, economic and political structures of the contemporary world.
- Organising and planning the search of historical information.
- Recognising diversity and multiculturalism.
- Recognising the historical processes that led to the contemporary society.
- Relating elements and factors involved in the development of historical processes.
- Solving problems autonomously.
- Using the characteristic computing resources of the field of History.
- Using the specific work methods of Contemporary History.
- Working in teams respecting the other's points of view.
Content
Methodology
Attendance to the lectures.
Attendance to guided seminars and mentoring sessions.
Comprehensive text reading.
Analytical comments.
Presentations and oral analysis.
Self-study.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 40 | 1.6 | 2, 5, 8, 7, 9, 12 |
| Seminars and guided practical exercises | 10 | 0.4 | 10, 2, 3, 7, 13, 11 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Mentoring sessions | 10 | 0.4 | 13 |
| Modelled learning exercises | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 5, 8, 12 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Reading texts. Writing papers. Commenting on texts. Preparation of oral presentations and seminars. Search for bibliographic information | 30 | 1.2 | 10, 2, 11 |
| Self-study | 45 | 1.8 | 10, 2, 11 |
Assessment
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
In accordance with what is dictated in the Degree Report, the subject will be evaluated according to the following points:
a) Exams. Written tests (both partial and final), with a cumulative mark that means up to 50% of the total of the maximum grade: Written test 1 (25%), Written test 2 (25%);
b) Readings, take home with acumulative mark that means up to 30% of the maximum grade: Reading 1 (15%), Reading 2 (15%);
c) Practices: research and analysis techniques in clasroom that means up to 20% of the maximum grade: Practice 1 (6%), Practice 2 (6%), Practice 3 (8%).
As a whole, to pass the subject the student must obtain a grade of 5 out of 10. On the other hand, each teacher may mark, if they deem it useful, a minimum to be achieved in each of the items a), b) and c) here exposed
This is specified in:
• Two written tests (25 + 25 points) spaced throughout the course. TOTAL: 50 points
• Two reading tests (15 + 15 points) spaced throughout the course. TOTAL: 30 points
• Three practices (6 points + 6 points + 8 points). TOTAL: 20 points
COURSE TOTAL MAXIMUM: 100 POINTS; APPROVED: 50 POINTS
The scoring system will be cumulative, without applying percentages or arithmetic averages
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
SINGLE ASSESSMENT
a) Exam: Written test 50% of the total maximum grade;
b) Readings: 30% of the maximum grade;
c) Practices: 20% of the maximum grade.
On the other hand, each teacher will be able to mark, if he/sheconsiders it useful, some minimums to be reached in each item a), b) and c) here contemplated.
This translates into:
- Written test. TOTAL: 50 points
- Reading test. TOTAL: 30 points
- Two practices (12 points + 8 points). TOTAL: 20 points
MAXIMUM TOTAL FOR THE COURSE: 100 POINTS; APPROVED: 50 POINTS.
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
RECOVERY
Students must have been previously assessed in a set of activities the weight of which is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade (CONTINUOUS EVALUATION) or submit all the planned tests (SINGLE EVALUATION). In addition, the student must have a final average grade of at least 3.5 points (CONTINUOUS EVALUATION or SINGLE EVALUATION).
Continous assessment: one test will be carried out, on the date set by the administration of the center. In this test, one of the activities failed during the course can be recovered, which will be added to the scores obtained in the rest of the tests of the course. Therefore, only the activities previously taken and failed will be made up.
In no case,may reevaluation be considered as a means of improving the grade of students who have already passed the subject in the normal continuous assessment process. The maximum mark that can be obtained in the reevaluation is 5.0 (Pass)
Single assessment: the same assessment method as continuous assessment will be used.
Warnings:
Plagiarism from written sources (internet, books, papers, etc.) or copying in the exam, supposes a zero in the grade forthe exercise. Self-plagiarism by the student himself or take home plagiarism by others falls into this category as long as the percentage of plagiarism is high. Plagiarism control scanners are used in this subject
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
The students will have the right to review the results of the tests carried out. The professor will establish the mechanisms to do so, during office hours.
No type of individual special exam will be established outside of the dates established for common students. Any imponderable that may affect a specific student, with duly documented justification, will be resolved within the framework of the dates and calls set for all and with the arbitration of the Coordination of Studies, if necessary. No favorable treatment will be granted to one another based on personal or professional circumstances.
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 1/3 of the assessment items.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical exercises | 20 | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 6, 3, 12, 11 |
| Readings | 30 | 4 | 0.16 | 10, 1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 12 |
| Written tests | 50 | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 5, 4, 8, 9 |
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