Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970 (U03349)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-YOUTH 2

This course examines the ways in which youth and shifting concepts associated with it (such as childhood, adolescence and the phenomenon of the teenager) has been interpreted and experienced in the twentieth century. The course focuses primarily on Britain but also explores the wider global contexts of empire and decolonisation, migration, war in Europe and americanisation; the British experience is compared and contrasted with that of other locations. Claims that the idea of childhood has been crucial to the development of modern welfare states will be investigated. Topics covered include the discovery of adolescence; health, welfare and psychology; leisure and popular culture; evacuation and the disruption of wartime; juvenile delinquency, the teenager and youth subculture.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical coursse or equivalent.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2008	11:10	13:00	Room G.02, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will develop their ability to engage critically with debates relating to the concepts of childhood, youth, experience, memory and modernity. They will expand their understanding of the category of age as an analytical tool as well as their ability to apply it in interpreting a range of primary sources including fiction, film, personal testimony, magazines and newspapers. Students will develop their ability to reflect on patterns of change across time as well as their skills of in-depth analysis as they focus on a range of case studies; thus their understanding of the relationship between general theories and specific examples will be expanded. Finally, they will extend their knowledge of the social history of Britain in relation to wider global contexts.

Assessment Information

One assessed assignment which will count as 25% of the final mark for the course.
One two hour exam which will count as 75% of the final mark for the course.