MO3410 The Third Reich: History and Historiography

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof R B F L Bavaj

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Professor R Bavaj

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module engages with some of the most pertinent and, in part, also hotly disputed issues in the history of Nazi Germany. It tackles some of the most influential scholarship on the Third Reich, and discusses a range of aspects central to its history: the rise of the Nazis and the demise of Weimar democracy; seizing and consolidating power (1933-34); ‘Hitler myth’

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE SATISFIED THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR HONOURS HISTORY OR MODERN HISTORY

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of the module, students will be able to see key aspects of the history of Nazi Germany in a new light
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to engage with conflicting viewpoints and historiographical controversies
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to reflect on analytical concepts (e.g. 'special path', 'modernity', 'political religion')
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to give presentations, and write an extended essay on a self-chosen topic