Degree | Type | Year |
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Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | FB | 1 |
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A B2 level of English of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is required, although no specific test of English proficiency level is held to access the degree.
In this subject, students will have the opportunity to learn about and analyze European history from 1945 to the present. The subject covers fundamental historical events, as well as social and cultural relations, including the gender perspective, between the countries of the continent. It includes lectures, reading historical texts, learning to research historical knowledge, writing reviews, and drafting analytical papers. All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Debates and discussions | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 6, 10, 13, 14, 12, 22, 26, 25 |
Lectures | 45 | 1.8 | 2, 3, 18, 17, 24, 15, 16, 7, 10, 4, 19, 20, 13, 12 |
Reading and understanding historical texts. | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 5, 18, 17, 10, 11, 4, 19, 20, 14 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Conducting reviews and drafting analytical papers | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 9, 21, 23, 25 |
Learning to compile historical information | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 4, 14, 21, 23 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual study | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 5, 18, 17, 24, 15, 16, 8, 11, 4, 19, 20, 21, 23 |
- Lectures.
- Debates and discussions.
- Reading and understanding historical texts.
- Learning to compile historical information.
- Conducting reviews and drafting analytical papers.
- Individual 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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Individual paper | 40% | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 2, 5, 24, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 4, 13, 9, 21, 23, 25 |
Oral presentation | 10% | 8 | 0.32 | 17, 6, 10, 19, 20, 13, 14, 9, 21, 12, 22, 26 |
Written Tests | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 18, 17, 24, 6, 15, 16, 10, 11, 4, 19, 20, 13, 14, 25 |
The information on assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject’s lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins
Continuous evaluation
Oral presentation – 10%
This part of the evaluation will consist of a presentation of one of the compulsory reading texts for the session. The presentation will have a maximum duration of 15 minutes and should include a Powerpoint in order to present additional graphic material and delve into one or more aspects of the subject matter.
Individual paper – 40%
With individual written work, students will obtain the possibility of researching a specific topic of their own interest, which should be part of the subject. The paper will have an extension of approximately 8 pages (TNR; 1.5 spacing) and should include a basic outline of the contents and a bibliography researched by the students.
Written tests – 50%
There will be two written tests, each of them worth 25% of the final grade. In the written tests, students will have to answer a series of questions to demonstrate their ability to explain and contextualize historical topics and give their qualified opinion on past events.
Single Assessment
This subject does not incorporate the single-assessment option.
Review
When publishing final grades, prior to recording them on students’ transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students will be able to arrange reviewing with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may compensate for assessment activities they have failed or missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject’s final mark, and that they have a weighted average grade of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final grades, prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
Grading as “non-assessable”
If students’ performance in assessment activities accounts for only 30% or less of the subject’s final grade, their work will be graded as “non-assessable” on their transcript.
Irregularities and misconduct in assessment activities
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 several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Irregularities refer, for instance, to copying in an exam, copying from sources without indiacting authorship, or a misuse of AI such as presenting work as original that has been generated by an AI tool or programme. These evaluation activities will not be re-assessed.
Restricted use of AI
This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as content-based search and text correction. In the case of subjects in a Modern Languages degree, use of translation must be specifically authorised by the teacher. Other specific situations may be contemplated, as deemed appropriate by the teacher. The student must clearly (i) identify which parts havebeengenerated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
Exchange students
Exchange students who request to advance an exam must present the professor with a written document from their home university justifying their request.
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Chakrabarty, Dipesh. Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000.
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Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 50 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 50 | English | second semester | afternoon |