Undergraduate Course: Divided City: Berlin since the Third Reich (HIST10198)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | 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. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second 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). |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. Applicants should note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
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Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Divided City |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Pertti Ahonen
Tel:
Email: pertti.t.ahonen@jyu.fi |
Course secretary | Miss Annabel Stobie
Tel: (0131 6)50
Email: Annabel.Stobie@ed.ac.uk |
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