Asia and Africa 2 (VS1) (U02301)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : HCA-2-VS1-AAH

This course aims to introduce the cultures and societies of Asia and Africa, and to chart the changes and transformations such societies underwent as a result of their interaction and involvement with the imperial world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course focuses in particular on East Asia, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Islamic World.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U00075

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	12:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus 1 hour per week tutorial - to be arranged

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will gain a clear and concise understanding of the key developments and long term social and cultural changes that have taken place in Asia and Africa during modern times. They will also be acquainted with the most important historiographical issues and debates that concern the interaction of Asia and Africa with western imperialism.