Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 33%, EX 67% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the study of French politics and society via a chronological survey of the period until 1981. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit students should: * understand some contemporary French history essential to understanding key aspects of French politics and society; * have acquired essential reading, listening, and note-taking skills in French; * be able to understand basic political concepts and write about them; * be able to mobilize knowledge gained from lectures and readings. Skills: Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, effective communication in the target language and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are taught and assessed in this unit. Skills in effective learning are developed in this unit. Content: This unit will introduce students to a study of France from the 1930s to 1981. Certain issues and problems will be highlighted within a basic chronological structure covering the following: French politics in the 1930s; class and politics, the Popular Front; left-wing and right-wing attitudes and political parties, foreign policy, the Second World War; Vichy France and Occupation; Collaboration; Resistance and the Liberation; The Fourth Republic; Decolonisation and Algeria; The Fifth Republic; May 1968; France after De Gaulle. The unit is taught in French. |
| Programme availability: |
PL10774 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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