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Undergraduate Course: The Holocaust (HIST10094)

Course Outline
School School of History, Classics and Archaeology College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits 40
Home subject area History Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description This course will examine the murder of 6 million Jews and several million non-Jews by Nazi Germany and its accomplices. It will assess the progression from the stigmatisation, definition, expropriation and forced expulsion of Germany's Jews to the wartime policies of directed deportation and then murder of Jews and other 'racial enemies' across the European continent. It will also examine the responses of the victims and of the outside world to the genocide.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements A pass in 40 credits of third level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503783).
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  16
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-22 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Friday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Seminar - Rm. 3.10 Dugald Stewart Blg semester 1. Then G.13 Teviot Pl. semester 2.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Exam Paper 12:0016 sidesTo precede Exam Paper 2
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Exam Paper 22:0016 sidesTo follow Exam Paper 1 (not on same day)
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students taking the course should be able to place the Holocaust in the contexts of European antisemitism and nationalism, modern Germany history, the particular development of the 'Hitler state', and the other Nazi wartime programmes of genocide and forced population movement. Students will developed the critical sensitivity necessary to evaluate a wide range of historical sources and a huge secondary literature, and will learn how to handle primary documents in a critical manner. Students should be able to participate both orally and in writing in historiographical debates. Students should build upon the skills they have acquired in their previous years to improve their awareness of the nature and use of various types of historical evidence; demonstrate the nature of history as argument by focusing on the debates between historians on key issues; increase their skills in research, writing and presentation of papers; increase their organisational, critical and communication skills.
Assessment Information
Two essays of about 3000 words each (one third of overall assessment); two two-hour examination papers (two-thirds of overall assessment).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser Prof Donald Bloxham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3757
Email: donald.bloxham@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Ms Tamsin Welch
Tel: (0131 6)50 3783
Email: twelch@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
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