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FOR STUDENTS ENTERING THEIR FINAL YEAR
BA Modern History and Politics
COURSE CHOICES FOR 2010-2011
Please read these notes carefully before completing forms.
Students must take courses to the value of FOUR UNITS as follows:
1.One Group 3 course (taught course and dissertation)2 UNITS
2.One Group 2 course1 UNIT
3.HS3105: Dissertation Research Skills (compulsory, term 1)½ UNIT
4. HS3103: Comparative History (compulsory, term 2)½ UNIT
Notes:
Students may enrol in either a Group 2 or a Group 3 course offered at another college in the University of London. When making an inter-collegiate choice, you should select it only as a first- or second-choice in your list of preferences.
You may substitute a Level 3course (1 unit) from the PIR department for your Group 2 course. Places on PIR courses are limited. Please see information on the Course Choices pages of the History Department’s website for further information; and contact Dr Laidlaw before 9 March 2010for further details and availability.
If in doubt, please consult the ‘Undergraduate Students’ pages of the departmental website where you will find information about degree programmes, the courses running in 2010-11 and inter-collegiate courses. Your personal tutor is also available to discuss course choices.
If still in doubt, please consult the Director of Undergraduate Studies (Dr Zoë Laidlaw).
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Where to find descriptions of available courses:
Royal Holloway History Courses – course descriptions can be found in the 2009-10 Course Catalogue:
Group 2 and 3 courses available in other Colleges – see the Intercollegiate Courses sheet for a list of
subjects available in 2009-10, and & see for descriptions.
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Forms must be posted in the box outside the Departmental Administrator’s office (McCrea318) by Tuesday 9 March 2010, 12noon, if you are selecting an inter-collegiate course as one of your options; or by Tuesday 16 March, 12noon, if you only wish to take courses at RHUL.
Forms received after the deadline, or forms which do not list five choices, will only be attended to during the second round of place allocations. Late submission therefore seriously damages your chances of securing a place on your preferred course.
P3
BA Modern History and Politics
GROUP 3 COURSE CHOICES FOR STUDENTS ENTERING THEIR FINAL YEAR
FAMILY NAME:...... FIRST NAME(S):......
(please print)
STUDENT NUMBER: 100…………………
Forms received after the deadline, or forms which do not list five choices, will only be attended to during the second round of place allocations. Late submission therefore seriously damages your chances of securing a place on your preferred course.
Department of History
Royal Holloway
Choose a GROUP 3 COURSE (Please list FIVE CHOICESin order of preference from the list below. Some courses will be heavily over-subscribed.Some may only be nominated as a first or second preference: where applicable this is indicated by an asterisk below.)
Preference / CODE / COURSE TITLE1
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3
4
5
Group 3 courses available to Modern History and Politics Students
HS3248/HS3249 / The Empire in Victorian Britain, 1830-1870HS3251/HS3252 / Victorian Social and Political Thought
HS3257/HS3258 / Berlin: A European Metropolis from Kaiser to Kohl
*HS3264/HS3265 / The History and Historiography of the Holocaust
HS3285/HS3286 / Enlightenment Paris, c.1721-1789
HS3287/HS3280 / Stalinism, 1917-1941
*HS3320/HS3321 / Victorian Babylon: Life, Work & People in London, c.1850-1890
HS3330/HS3331 / Comparing Religious Fundamentalisms in the C19 and C20
HS3340/HS3341 / The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, 1935-1955
**HS3346/HS3347 / Migration, Identity & Citizenship in Modern Britain
*HS3350/HS3351 / The Age of Terror: Terrorism from 1945 - Present
HS3358/HS3359 / Nativists, Racists and Fundamentalists: the American Fringe
*May only be chosen as a first or second preference.
** Not available to students who took HS2254 Ethnicity, Identity & Citizenship in 2009-10.
Forms received after the deadline, or forms that do not list five choices, will only be attended to during the second round of place allocations. Late submission therefore seriously damages your chances of securing a place on your preferred course.
P2
BA Modern History and Politics
GROUP 2 COURSE CHOICES FOR STUDENTS ENTERING THEIR FINAL YEAR
FAMILY NAME:...... FIRSTNAME(S):......
(please print)
STUDENT NUMBER: 100…………………
Choose a GROUP 2 COURSE(Please list FIVE CHOICESin order of preference from the list below. Some courses will be heavily over-subscribed.Some may only be nominated as a first or second preference: where applicable this is indicated by an asterisk below.)
Preference / CODE / COURSE TITLE1
2
3
4
5
Group 2 courses available to Modern History and Politics Students
HS2219 / Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1968HS2232 / Lahore and Istanbul: modernity in the Muslim Imperial City, 1850-1960
HS2233 / The Bomb: Atomic Weaponry and Society in the 20th century
HS2234 / Modern Girls: Women in Britain, c.1914-1984
HS2246 / From Rakes to Respectability: Society and Culture in Britain 1815-1851
HS2248 / The Russian Empire in the Age of Reform and Revolution 1856-1917
HS2250 / Politics of Sport: Power, Identity and Race in Britain, 1880s-1990s
HS2257 / Spain in Conflict, 1930-53
HS2271 / Modern Political Ideas
HS2289 / The Islamic Revival: from C18 Reform to C20 Political Action
*HS2296 / Genocide
HS2297 / Memory and Modern Europe
*HS2298 / A History of Terrorism
HS2311 / The Lever of Riches: Perspectives on the Making of Capitalism
HS2312 / The Edwardians and their Legacy: Culture & Identity in Britain, 1901-37
HS2313 / "Dragon Ladies"? Society, Politics and Gender in Modern China
*May only be chosen as a first or second preference.
Forms received after the deadline, or forms that do not list five choices, will only be attended to during the second round of place allocations. Late submission therefore seriously damages your chances of securing a place on your preferred course.