Undergraduate Course: British Economic and Environmental History since 1900 (ECSH08036)
Course Outline
| School |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Economic and Social History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course examines the main developments in the development of the British economy since 1900 and the persistent and increasing interest in the environmental impact of economic activity. As well as looking at major shifts in macro-economic policy, the course will also examine the process of deindustrialisation, the rise of public expenditure, and the growing concern with sustainability. The topics covered will include: inflation; nationalisation; privatisation; air and water pollution; oil pricing; fixed and floating exchange rate systems; time and saving; fish and renewables; property rights; and the operation of the welfare state.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower, Faculty Room North (G.01) |
| Additional information |
Plus one tutorial per week. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- demonstrate in presentations, essays and examinations an ability to understand and deploy environmental and economic concepts;
- demonstrate an ability to analyse data and archive documents;
- be able to write a coherent, well-evidenced argument in which the conceptual underpinnings of the argument are sensitive to the awkward facts of particular cases;
- demonstrate an awareness of the construct that is history and a willingness to question secondary sources;
- to recognise continuities and differences between current environmental concerns and those in the past.
Transferable Skills:
Students will also demonstrate that they can:
- gather material independently on a given topic and organise it into a coherent data set;
- compare differing sets of data from varying situations and draw conclusions from them;
- evaluate different approaches to and explanations of material, and make critical choices between them;
- express clearly ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing;
- organise complex and lengthy sets of arguments and draw these together into a coherent conclusion;
- organise their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable.
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Assessment Information
| Students will write one essay (26% of final mark) and one assignment(14%) of final mark, plus one 1.5 hour exam (60% of final mark) in the May exam diet of the year in which the course is taken. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Martin Chick
Tel: (0131 6)50 3842
Email: Martin.Chick@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Judith Mcalister
Tel:
Email: judith.mcalister@ed.ac.uk |
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