British Society, the 20th Century (Social History 1.2) (U03189)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : HCA-1-SocH2

British Society, the 20th Century (Social History 1.2)will cover the following main themes. Population and family; education; work; the welfare state; social relations and hierarchy; popular culture; crime and violence; gender; childhood, youth and old age; ethnicity.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	10:00	10:50	Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Attendance at a weekly tutorial is required.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The major aims of the course, besides investigating the nature of social change, are to put in an historical context aspects of society which are also studied in subjects like Social Policy, Sociology and Social Anthropology, and to provide a historical context for students interested in subjects like English and Scottish Literature, Art and Architecture. The popular representation of history through the media and museums is a topic of interest in many disciplines, and this will be examined in various ways.

At the end of the course, we hope you will have, in addition to a strong understanding of change in British society during the period of coverage:

a) an ability to employ evidence to answer questions in written formats and also verbally.

b) skills in the use of the library, library catalogues, and in the reading and interpretation of sometimes difficult texts.

c) an ability to organise your own work-load and meet deadlines.

d) an understanding of a range of alternative approaches to the past, text and quantitatively based, visual, architectural and object based.

Perhaps the most important aspect of the course is that we are constantly asking questions and challenging pre-conceived notions about the past. Historical facts are important not for their own sake, but in leading towards an understanding of social processes.