MO3220 The Enlightenment and the World

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Prof C C Kidd

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Module Staff

Professor C Kidd

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Module description

This course provides an introduction to one of the major topics in modern history. It will situate the Enlightenment in a global context, showing how the Enlightenment not only offered remedies for a Europe traumatised by the early modern wars of religion, but also encouraged a way of looking at the new worlds and civilisations beyond the old boundaries of Christendom, whether geographically, in India and China especially, or chronologically in the paganisms of classical antiquity. Special attention will also be paid to the more local significance of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland and Ireland.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001 AND MH2002

Assessment pattern

40% Coursework, 60% Written Exam

Re-assessment

4000-word essay =100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.