Divided City: Berlin since the Third Reich (VS1) (U03292)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-DCVS1

This course covers the tumultuous history of the city of Berlin from the Second World to the present. Throughout these years, Berlin has stood at the forefront of not only German history but of European and global developments as well. The course provides insight into the key political evens of Berlin's recent history, ranging from the fall of the Third Reich to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and the end of the Cold War after 1989, precipitated in good part by the collapse of the Wall in November 1989. The course also covers the social and cultural history of Berlin and the Berliners during these decades, drawing, in part, on literary and other cultural representations, including visual sources and film.

Entry Requirements

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

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03259

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at grade B or above. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors of Studies are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel.503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who take this course will develop a close understanding of key political, social, and cultural developments in Berlin and of the connections between those developments and broader trends in Germand and European history between the 1940s and the new millennium. They will engage critically with the relevant historiography and with a range of further textual and non-textual sources, including novels, photographs and other images, and film. They will also develop a further range of tranferable skills that they have begun to acquire during their previous study, including the ability to argue effectively about intellectual issues, both orally and in writing, to write informed and cogent essays; and to work effectively with others in a small group setting.