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The senior Freshman Single honor / TSM / HPS Handbook 2010- 2011

Trinity College, Dublin School of Histories and Humanities

Section Page

1 Welcome to History 3

The European Credit Transfer System 4

2 The Staff 6

3 The History Degree Programme 8

4 Single Honor Course 12

4a General Provisions 12 4b Senior Freshman Year 15

5 Two Subject Moderatorship 18

5a General Provisions 18 5b Senior Freshman Year 18 5c History & Geography 21

6 Moderatorship in History & Political Science 21

6a General Provisions 21 6b Senior Freshman 23

7 Guidelines for Writing Essays 26

8 Scholarship Examination 31

9 The History Almanac 35

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1 WELCOME TO HISTORY

This handbook provides you with essential information about your courses in History and History & Politics. It supplements that given in the University Calendar, extracts from which appear in bold. The directions given in this Handbook have been approved by the Department of History. More detailed information on each individual module is provided in the relevant Module Guide and on the Department of History’s web-site. If you are in any doubt about how the regulations affect you, please consult your College tutor or a member of staff.

Students may take History as a Single Honor course, as the major or minor element of a Two-Subject Moderatorship, or as part of the integrated course in History and Political Science This Handbook has separate sections for Single Honor, TSM and HPS students. Various general regulations appear under the Calendar entry for the Single Honor programme. Within each year, advice and regulations are set out in the following order: Calendar extract, modules, lectures, tutorials, essays and other written exercises, examinations, and other matters. In order to avoid duplication, advice and regulations, which apply to all students normally, appear only in sec. 4 (Single Honor). It is therefore essential for TSM and HPS students to consult the section for Single Honor students as well as their own. The Handbook concludes with an Almanac following the structure of the academic year with its two teaching terms (Michaelmas and Hilary Terms). Keep in touch It is essential that the Department of History should be able to make contact with you throughout your career in College. Please inform the Departmental office of any change in your postal address, e-mail address, or telephone number that occurs during the academic year. Those going abroad on ‘Socrates’ exchanges should notify the History office (Room 3118) of their residential address during that year.

Good luck with your studies!

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THE EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER AND ACCUMULATION SYSTEM (ECTS)

The development and rejuvenation of the History Course, which has been under consideration for several years, has been greatly facilitated by the introduction this year of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) across the College as a means of evaluating and accrediting all the undergraduate courses.

What is ECTS?

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is an academic credit system based on the estimated student workload required to achieve the objectives of a module or programme of study. It is designed to enable academic recognition for periods of study, to facilitate student mobility and credit accumulation and transfer. The ECTS is the recommended credit system for higher education in Ireland and across the European Higher Education Area.

The ECTS weighting for a module is a measure of the student input or workload required for that module, based on factors such as the number of contact hours, the number and length of written or verbally presented assessment exercises, class preparation and private study time, laboratory classes, examinations, clinical attendance, professional training placements, and so on as appropriate. There is no intrinsic relationship between the credit volume of a module and its level of difficulty.

The European norm for full-time study over one academic year is 60 credits. The Trinity academic year is 40 weeks from the start of Michaelmas Term to the end of the annual examination period 1 ECTS credit represents 20-25 hours estimated student input, so a 10-credit module will be designed to require 200- 250 hours of student input including class contact time and assessments.

ECTS credits are awarded to a student only upon successful completion of the course year. Progression from one year to the next is determined by the course regulations. Students who fail a year of their course will not obtain credit for that year even if they have passed certain component courses. Exceptions to this rule are one-year and part-year visiting students, who are awarded credit for individual modules successfully completed.

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THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ECTS

It is European: its aim is to facilitate and to improve transparency and comparability of periods of study and of qualifications across the European Higher Education sector.

It is about Credit: It is a student-centred (not a teacher-centred) system based upon a clearly defined body of work (e.g., contact hours + time allocated to study for the preparation and execution of essays, assignments, exams, etc.) required to obtain the credit allocated for the achievement of the objectives of a particular course of study.

It is a System, based on the following principles. The ECTS works on a yearly norm of 60 credits for a full-time course (30 credits for a half-honor subject) over one academic year where one credit represents 20-25 hours estimated student input. The measure of one academic year is 40 weeks from the start of Michaelmas Term to the end of the annual examination period.

It is an Accumulative System. ECTS credits are assigned to course components/ modules in multiple units of 5. In redesigning the History Course particular care has been taken to ensure the greatest possible flexibility and breath of choice through the inclusion of modules with ECTS credits of 5, 10, 15, 20 units, various combinations of which will result in a sum of 60 credits per year. Credits accrue over the four-year cycle. The TCD four-year honors Bachelor degree is 240 ECTS.

It is about Transferability. By making the student in-put in different courses offered in different universities comprehensible under the same standard measurement, the system aims to remove the many obstacles which currently obstruct increase mobility in and between the many different educational institutions of the E.U. and to enhance communications between the universities and other training institutions and the labour market.

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History Department Staff Robert Armstrong Senior Lecturer and Room 3108; [email protected] Coordinator of Freshman Modules Terry Barry Associate Professor Room 3148; [email protected] Ciaran Brady Associate Professor Room 3116; [email protected] Joseph Clarke Lecturer Room 3153; [email protected] Peter Crooks IRCHSS Research Fellow Room 6 [email protected] David Dickson Associate Professor Room 3112; [email protected] David Ditchburn Senior Lecturer and Room 3145; [email protected] Head of Department Anne Dolan Lecturer Room 3476; [email protected] Seán Duffy Associate Professor Room 3146; [email protected] David Fitzpatrick Professor Room 3113; [email protected] Daniel Geary Mark Piggott Room 3121; [email protected] Lecturer in US History Patrick Geoghegan Senior Lecturer Room 3110; [email protected] Marnie Hay Research Fellow Room 3111; [email protected] Pamela Hilliard Executive Officer Room 3143; [email protected] John Horne Professor Room 3114; [email protected] Alan Kramer Professor Room 3120; [email protected] Judith Lee Executive Officer Room 3118; [email protected] Graeme Murdock Lecturer Room 3149; [email protected] Eunan O’Halpin Bank of Ireland Professor Room 3115; [email protected] of Contemporary Irish History Jane Ohlmeyer Erasmus Smith’s Professor Room 3117; of Modern History [email protected] Mridu Rai Lecturer in Indian Studies Micheál Ó Siochrú Senior Lecturer Room 3150; [email protected] Ian S Robinson Lecky Professor of History Room 3144 External Examiners for Moderatorship

Dr Steve Boardman: Medieval History (University of Edinburgh) Professor Michael Laffan: Modern Irish History (University College Dublin) Professor Anthony McElligott: Modern European History (University of Limerick) Professor Jack Vowles: Political Science (University of Exeter) 2 THE POLITICAL SCIENCE STAFF SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 6

PROFESSOR KENNETH BENOIT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: (ROOM 5.03;[email protected] )

Martin Hooper Executive Officer room 5.02; 3 College Green [email protected] ;telephone 896 1651 Raj Chari Senior Lecturer room 4.04; [email protected] His/Pol Co-ordinator Michael Gallagher Professor room 5.06; [email protected]

Jacqueline Hayden Lecturer room 5.07; [email protected]

Christian Houle Lecturer Room 4.08; [email protected] Koji Kagotani Lecturer Room 4.03; [email protected] René Lindstädt Lecturer room 4.02; [email protected]

Gail McElroy Lecturer room 5.05; [email protected]

Michael Marsh Dean Arts 2015; [email protected]

William Phelan Lecturer Room 5.04; [email protected]

Robert Thomson Senior Lecturer room 5.07; [email protected]

Jeffrey Weber Lecturer Room 5.08; [email protected]

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3 THE HISTORY DEGREE PROGRAMME In accordance with the spirit of the ECTS (see page 3), this is a student centred programme. The success of the programme depends largely upon student participation in lectures, tutorials, essay writing and general research and reading.

Making the best use of your lectures and tutorials (1) If you cannot understand any aspect of your modules, please feel free to make this clear during a tutorial or seminar, after a lecture, or by visiting our offices at times notified on our doors. We welcome comments and questions. (2) Please refrain from distracting us, or using your mobile telephone during classes, or in the vicinity of our offices. (3) Please arrive punctually at classes and stay to the end, even if tired or bored.

Progression As you progress through the History programme, you are faced with a widening range of intellectual and methodological challenges. Whereas Freshman modules aim to survey national or international histories over long periods, most Sophister special subjects concentrate on short periods or specific themes. The closer focus of Sophister subjects requires more intensive teaching through small classes, and more immersion in documentary sources. The shift from survey to specialist work culminates in the dissertation and research essays which form a major element of Moderatorship.

Attendance at lectures Lectures are intended to provide analysis of selected topics, and an introduction to the issues raised in the reading set for each course. They are not intended as a lazy student’s substitute for reading. There is wide variation in the amount of information conveyed, the depth of attempted analysis, and the style of presentation. The value of a lecture depends as much on your responsiveness as on its technical quality. Even superficially dull lectures may offer unexpected insights.

Attendance at tutorials Attendance at tutorials is compulsory. Tutorials are designed to allow small groups to discuss selected topics under the guidance of a teacher, and to encourage students to practise the arts of documentary interpretation, critical reading, and lucid exposition. There is no ideal format for a tutorial, and you will experience much variation in the amount of reading required and the set exercises - these range from class presentations and debates

SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 8 to summaries of vying interpretations and textual analyses of ‘gobbets’ taken from set documents. The more you contribute, the better the tutorial.

Essays Essays allow us to assess your mastery of relevant secondary reading, your ability to supply full and accurate citations, and your critical and analytical skills. The ability to synthesise information in lucid, clearly argued prose is no less important than your capacity to carry out systematic research or reading. The more you write, the better you will perform. See Guidelines for Writing Essays (below, section 7). Deadlines are serious. They are there in order to enable students to structure their year’s work with maximum efficiency and success. Serious penalties for late submission apply. Extensions will be granted only in exceptional circumstances.

Reading Without wide reading of secondary studies, you cannot hope to master any historical topic. Most of your academic time outside classes should be devoted to reading. The quality of available scholarship varies widely, and you should never accept an analysis without critically assessing the evidence presented and the logic of the argument. Lectures and tutorials are intended to guide your reading.

Research History is a process of discovery, in which you will have many opportunities to participate. When conducting research in primary sources for your dissertation or Sophister essays, you are performing the work of a true historian rather than a mere critic. This is also the most exciting and creative element of your training.

Presentation of Written Work All essays must be typed or printed out on A4 paper, with double-spacing and a wide margin for comments. All quotations, and substantive information taken indirectly from other works, must be acknowledged by means of footnotes or endnotes giving author, title, and page number. When citing unpublished sources, students should follow the advice of the course teacher. A bibliography, listing the documentary sources, books, and articles used (including all those acknowledged in footnotes) must be appended to the essay. The Department’s Guidelines for the Writing of Essays are found in Section 7.

Plagiarism

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It is foolhardy to steal, borrow, or buy the work of others. For the College’s definition of plagiarism and specification of its painful consequences, consult the Calendar. A web link is available on the Departmental website. If you copy another student’s essay, engage someone to write your work, quote material from any published or electronic source without acknowledgement, or extensively paraphrase such material without acknowledgement, you have committed the offence of plagiarism. A mark of zero may be awarded. Unintentional plagiarism may be avoided by always recording the precise source for material in your notes, distinguishing between direct quotations and summaries, and reworking your notes into your own sequence.

Examinations The annual examination is crucial to your success. All examination papers consist of ‘unseen’ questions related to your course work, which must be answered without any recourse to readings, the internet, other students, or anything except your memory. Even if your memory is poor in matters of detail, you can write a good answer by showing the capacity to develop an argument. The function of examination questions is to assess your breadth of knowledge, analytical skills, and mastery of the readings set for lectures and tutorials.

Examination Procedures The onus lies on each student to establish the dates of examinations by consulting the College Examinations Office Website. Morning examinations begin at 9:30am, afternoon examinations at 2:00pm. You will not be admitted to an examination after the first half-hour. If, through circumstances beyond your control, you arrive after the first half-hour you should contact your Tutor or the Senior Tutor’s Office (House 27, College) immediately. NOTE: Failure to read correctly the details of the examinations timetable will not be taken as a satisfactory excuse for absence from an examination.

Preparation for examinations • Your success depends largely on your work during the year, and few students perform well on the basis of a frenzied final fortnight. However, consider the following hints: • Always prepare more topics than the number of answers required and avoid extensive duplication in different answers, even if overlapping questions are set. • Since the style and format of papers differ between module teachers, you should examine papers from previous years. The History Department has regularised the

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number of questions set and answers required, leading to changes in the format of many papers. If in doubt please consult your course teacher. • In the days before an examination, make and memorise a list of key dates, events, personal names, snappy quotations, and statistics relating to each topic. You will not be penalised for minor slips, and you will be rewarded for showing mastery of detail. • Once in the examination room, always allow time to make an outline for each answer. Though you should aim to allocate equal time to each answer, the outline will be taken into account if you run out of time. • Even if the question is presented simply as a topic, your analysis will be sharpened by breaking it down into linked interrogatives. Begin at the heart of the set question, minimising general ‘introductory’ material. • Take care with expression and hand-writing, as you may be penalised for incoherence or illegibility.

Marking Criteria You will not receive a first-class honor (I: 70% and over) without evidence of critical ability, argumentative skill, and extensive reading, an upper second (II.1: 60–69%) without evidence of thorough reading and clear organisation, a lower second (II.2: 50–59%) without reasonable familiarity with the set texts, or a third (III: 40–49%) without some evidence of participation in the course. If you do not attempt to answer the set question, or if your answer is plagiarised, you will be failed (F.1: 30–39%; F.2: below 30%). A more elaborate set of standards for each grade, adopted by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, may be consulted on the Departmental webpage.

Grade Profiling In the classification of candidates, in each of the four years of the moderatorship, account is taken of both the average mark and the grade profile of the performances on which the assessment is based. Each performance is weighted equally when calculating the grade profile. The general rule is that the majority prevails. In the great majority of cases, both forms of assessment produce the same result. However, in the event of a difference, the grade profile is used to determine the final grade (and mark). Grade profiling is there to ensure the greatest possible equity in the assessment of a candidate’s performance. What is a grade profile? A grade profile is calculated by looking at a candidate’s graded performance across all of the courses taken in a particular year, and giving special emphasis to the predominant grade, in other words the most frequently achieved grade (1st, 2.1, 2.2). For example, if there are seven performances in the assessment, and a

SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 11 candidate achieves five 2.1 marks and two 2.2 marks, but the arithmetic mark is a borderline 2.1/2.2, a 2.1 is awarded based on the grade profile. For more detailed information about grade profiling and its application please contact the Head of Department.

Careers Advice A degree in History disqualifies you from nothing, and reassures many employers that you possess a wide range of adaptable skills, ranging from critical reading to pithy writing and familiarity with basic computing. Particularly if you secure a first or upper second, you may also consider applying for post-graduate studies in College or elsewhere. For further advice, visit the Careers Advisory Service in East Chapel. Its bulletins and announcements are displayed on Departmental notice-boards. Also see the following webpage: www.tcd.ie/Careers/

4 SINGLE HONOR COURSE 4a GENERAL PROVISIONS

1 In the Freshman years, students are offered a range of survey modules on Irish, British, European, Asian and American history. Senior Freshmen may substitute a module on the history of political thought, the economy of Ireland or an introduction to sociology, for one of the History options. Junior Freshman may substitute Language Electives of 10 ECTS for a History Module. Senior Freshman may substitute Electives of 10 ECTS for a History Module.

2 In the Sophister years, students are offered a range of special subjects. The procedure for allocation of special subjects is governed by the regulations set out in the Course Handbook. Junior Sophisters are required to take a module on historiography.

3 Senior Sophisters must submit a dissertation. Two alternative proposals of topic must be submitted to the secretary of the Departmental Committee by the last day of Michaelmas teaching term in the Junior Sophister year. Two copies of the dissertation must be handed to the History Office (RM3118) not later than the Monday of the eight Teaching Week of Hilary Term.

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4 Junior Freshmen must, in accordance with the general regulations for honor students, attend all the lectures and tutorial classes and perform all the prescribed exercises. Senior Freshmen and Sophisters must perform all the prescribed exercises and attend tutorial classes.

5 Students proceeding to a moderatorship in History must pass a prescribed examination at the end of the Hilary term of each year (see below). In the Freshman years only, unsuccessful candidates may take a supplemental examination in the following Michaelmas term. No student who fails more than 2 x 10 ECTS modules may pass the annual examination. 6 The Junior and Senior Sophister examinations together constitute the moderatorship examination to which they contribute 35% and 65% of the marks respectively.

7 Assessed essays form a component of the examinations for Freshmen and Sophisters. Each essay must conform to the requirements set out in Section 7 below, and must be submitted to the secretary of the History Office (RM 3143 or 3118) by the date specified.

No essay will be accepted for the moderatorship examination unless credit has been obtained for the preceding essay or essays required for the course concerned. The late submission of assessed work will be penalised. Details of penalties for late submission are given below (‘Late written work’).

Requirements for obtaining academic credit In order to obtain credit for each term, you must be enrolled for the required range of modules, attend at least two-thirds of the hours assigned for tutorials or seminars in each course for which you are enrolled, and complete at least two-thirds of the total volume of non-examined written work and other exercises prescribed for each module.

Non-satisfactory Performance Students who have failed to obtain credit for one module or more in either Michaelmas term or Hilary term, for any of the reasons listed above, may be returned as ‘non-satisfactory’ at the end of that term. You will be informed of this decision through your College tutor. If you believe that you should not have been so recorded, you should state your case to your tutor, who must submit the prescribed form to the Department by the second Monday of the following term. Students who are recorded as ‘non-satisfactory’ in both Michaelmas and SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 13

Hilary terms are not entitled to credit for the year, and may be excluded from sitting the annual examination.

Failure to rise with the year Students repeating a year, as a consequence of failure to gain academic credit, are required to attend tutorials, submit written work, and perform all other exercises in the same way as if they were taking the year for the first time. They may be required to take a different combination of modules.

No written work will be accepted for examination after the due date, in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department, covering the entire period of delay.

Extensions will be granted only in the most exceptional circumstances. Crashed computers, minor mishaps etc. will not be taken as satisfactory grounds for the granting of extensions. No requests for an extension on the day of submission of written work will be considered. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Supplemental Examination A supplemental examination is held for candidates who were unsuccessful in Hilary Term of their Junior or Senior Freshman year. Students who have failed more than 2 x 10 ECTS modules or their equivalent will normally be required to repeat the entire examination. The format of the supplemental examination will be the same as that of the examination in Trinity Term. The results of supplemental examinations are not classified but recorded as Pass or Fail. No supplementary examination is available in the Sophister years; but Junior Sophisters who fail the Moderatorship examination, part I, may be permitted to repeat the year, taking different special subjects.

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Even if you have clashed with a teacher, you need have no fear of bias in marking: you will be marked on the merits of your work rather than your personality. Should you still have such a fear, you may be reassured by the requirement that all examination papers be marked anonymously. All work contributing to Moderatorship is scrutinised by two internal examiners and an external examiner, who checks borderline or contested cases and looks out for evidence of inconsistent standards of marking.

4b SENIOR FRESHMAN YEAR MODULES Students take six modules during the year, three in each term. The ECTS equivalent for the six modules totals 60. (Course co-ordinators are indicated in italics.)

A Senior Freshman: Michaelmas Term Europe, c. 1215-1517: Religion, Death and Culture - David Ditchburn Ireland and the Wider World, 1534-1641 – Micheal O Siochru Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and Politics – Joseph Clarke Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922 – David Fitzpatrick Continental Europe: Grandeur and Decline, 1870-1930 - Alan Kramer Themes in modern American history – Daniel Geary B Senior Freshman: Hilary Term Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and their impact on Britain and Ireland – Terry Barry Ireland and the wider world, 1641-1815 - Continental Europe: cataclysm and rebirth, 1914 to the present – Alan Kramer Ireland in the Twentieth Century – Anne Dolan The Rise and Fall of the British Empire – Robert Armstrong

Students may substitute one of the following year-long courses for one of the History courses under B: (i) PO2610 History of political thought 10 ECTS (ii) EC2020 The economy of Ireland 10 ECTS (iii) SO1310 Introduction to Sociology 10 ECTS Students may substitute Electives of 10 ECTS for one of the History modules under B

Lectures

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In each module you are required to attend two one-hour lectures per week.

Tutorials In addition to lectures, you are required to attend a series of one-hour tutorials in each of your modules. Tutorials begin week 3 of each term. The tutorial groups will be posted on the Departmental noticeboard at the beginning of Michaelmas Term.

The required character and format of the Tutorial Assignment in each module is specified in the relevant Module Guide. The assignment is distinct from the exercises required for the tutorial by the tutorial teacher. The Tutorial Assignment must be presented punctually as directed by the tutorial teacher.

Students must complete all essays and assignments in order to be eligible to take the annual examination.

 Tutorial assignments in all three modules in Michaelmas Term must be submitted by 6 December 2010.  Tutorial assignments in all three modules in Hilary Term must be submitted by 28 March 2011.

Essays You are required to write six essays, one in each of your modules. Each essay should be 2,000 words in length. You must complete all essays in order to be eligible to take the annual examination. For details of the essays prescribed for each module, see the relevant Module Guide. Some general regulations for essays appear in section 4a above.

Please consult section 7 below: Guidelines for Writing Essays. The footnotes and bibliography of your essay must conform to these Guidelines. Each essay must be accompanied by the appropriate cover-sheet and delivered to Room 3143 by 11am. on the specified date. Essays may not be posted, e-mailed or handed to members of the teaching staff. The essays must be signed for in the Departmental office at the time of submission. Credit will be refused if essays are not submitted in time in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department (Professor Brady), covering the entire period of delay. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Examination The examination in each module will consist of the following elements:

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o A two hour examination to be held in the examining period. This examination will account for 80% of the total module assessment. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of ten questions.

o 20% of the module assessment will be constituted by previously submitted written work which will take the form of an essay OR an essay and assignment /s. Every mark of zero given to a missing essay or assignment will count towards the combined assessment mark.

Assessment Marks - Students should be advised that marks disclosed during the course of the year for prescribed assessments are subject to moderation by internal and, where appropriate, external examiners, and as such are to be considered to be provisional until the end-of-year results are confirmed by the Court of Examiners for the course in question.

Prizes o The Dunbar Ingram Prize of €635 is awarded annually to the student who performs best in the Senior Freshman annual examination, provided that sufficient merit is shown. The prize is open to both Single Honor and TSM students taking History. o A prize of €250 euro, endowed by William Dabaghi in honour of Corabeth Power Dabaghi and William L. Powers Jr., is awarded annually for the best performance in American History.

Electives You may choose Electives of 10 ECTS for one of the History modules under B. (All Broad Curriculum modules count as 5 ECTS: students must therefore choose two Broad Curriculum modules instead of a module in Politics or History; you may not select the History BC.) For details of the available Broad Curriculum courses and procedures for enrolment and assessment, consult the Senior Lecturer's Office or website and the departments concerned. Students reading any course from the Broad Curriculum must observe the requirements specified by their module teachers. The nature and format of classes, written work and examination papers may vary from those laid down for History modules. In Broad Curriculum modules an assessment mark may be substituted for the examination paper.

Requirements for courses not regulated by the Department of History Students reading History of Political Thought, Economy of Ireland, Introduction to Sociology or any course from the Broad Curriculum must observe the requirements specified by their module teachers. The nature and format of classes, written work and examination papers

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5 TWO-SUBJECT MODERATORSHIP COURSE 5a GENERAL PROVISIONS

For the requirements and regulations concerning the preparation and presentation of written work, the allocation of subjects and attendance at classes, see the entry for the Single Honor Course in History (above section 4).

History as a Two-subject Moderatorship Course In each year the load in History will be approximately half that for a Single Honor student. Students will, however, take almost every type of History course, including Historiography. Even if students major in your other subject, they will experience the challenge of writing essays based on primary sources for one special subject.

History deadlines may clash with those in other subjects

Such clashes are unavoidable in a degree course involving so many combinations of subjects. Having ascertained the deadlines for essays and other projects in your other discipline, students should draw up a work schedule ensuring that they avoid penalties for late submission in either subject.

5b SENIOR FRESHMAN YEAR MODULES Students take three modules during the year, two in Michaelmas Term, one in Hilary Term. The ECTS equivalent for the three modules totals 30.

Senior Freshman: Michaelmas Term

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Europe, c. 1215-1517: Religion, Death and Culture Ireland and the Wider World, 1534-1641 Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and Politics Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922 Continental Europe: Grandeur and Decline, 1870-1930 Themes in modern American history Senior Freshman: Hilary Term Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and their impact on Britain and Ireland Ireland and the wider world, 1641-1815 Continental Europe: cataclysm and rebirth, 1914 to the present Ireland in the Twentieth Century The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

Lectures In each module you are required to attend two one-hour lectures per week.

Tutorials In addition to lectures, you are required to attend a series of one-hour tutorials in each of your modules. Tutorials begin week 3. The tutorial groups will be posted on the Departmental noticeboard at the beginning of Michaelmas Term. The required character and format of the Tutorial Assignment in each module is specified in the relevant Module Guide. The assignment is distinct from the exercises required for the tutorial by the tutorial teacher. The Tutorial Assignment must be presented punctually as directed by the tutorial teacher. Students must complete all essays and assignments in order to be eligible to take the annual examination.

 Tutorial assignments in both modules in Michaelmas Term must be submitted by 6 December 2010.  Tutorial assignments in the module in Hilary Term must be submitted by 28 March 2011.

Essays You are required to write three essays, one in each of your modules. Each essay should be 2,000 words in length. You must complete all essays in order to be eligible to take the annual examination. For details of the essays prescribed for each module, see the relevant Module Guide. Some general regulations for essays appear in section 4a above.

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The essays must be delivered on the following dates. Please consult section 7 below: Guidelines for Writing Essays. The footnotes and bibliography of your essay must conform to these Guidelines.

Each essay must be accompanied by the appropriate cover-sheet and delivered to Room 3143 by 11am. on the specified date. Essays may not be posted, e-mailed or handed to members of the teaching staff. All essays must be signed for in the Departmental office at the time of submission. Credit will be refused if essays are not submitted in time in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department, covering the entire period of delay. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Examination

The examination in each module will consist of the following elements:  Each Module o A two hour examination to be held in the examining period. This examination will account for 80% of the total module assessment. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of ten questions.

o 20% of the module assessment will be constituted by previously submitted written work which will take the form of an essay OR an essay and assignment /s.

o Assessment Marks - Students should be advised that marks disclosed during the course of the year for prescribed assessments are subject to moderation by internal and, where appropriate, external examiners, and as such are to be considered to be provisional until the end-of-year results are confirmed by the Court of Examiners for the course in question. Every mark of zero given to a missing essay or assignment will count towards the combined assessment mark.

5c HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY (special combination)

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Note that Geography may also be combined with History according to the usual ‘Pattern B’, whereby the Senior Sophister year is devoted exclusively to either subject.

Students taking History and Geography follow the same modules and are subject to the same requirements as other two-subject students in the Junior Freshman, Senior Freshman and Junior Sophister years.

6 MODERATORSHIP IN HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 6a GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. For the first three years of this course, both subjects are taken on an equal basis. In the Senior Sophister year, students may choose to take both subjects equally or either subject alone.

2. For the requirements and regulations concerning the preparation and presentation of written work, the allocation of subjects and attendance at classes, see the Course Handbook.

3. The ECTS equivalents for each year of the course is 60.

Requirements for obtaining academic credit In order to obtain credit for each term, you must be enrolled for the required range of courses, attend at least two-thirds of the hours assigned for tutorials or seminars in each course for which you are enrolled, and complete at least two-thirds of the total volume of non-examined written work and other exercises prescribed for each course.

Non-satisfactory Performance Students who have failed to obtain credit for one course or more in either Michaelmas term or Hilary term, for any of the reasons listed above, may be returned as ‘non-satisfactory’ at the end of that term. You will be informed of this decision through your College tutor. If you believe that you should not have been so recorded, you should state your case to your tutor, who must submit the prescribed form to the Department by the second Monday of the following term. Students who are recorded as ‘non-satisfactory’ in both Michaelmas and Hilary terms are not entitled to credit for the year, and may be excluded from sitting the annual examination.

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Submission of Written Work and Late Written Work Each essay and assignment required for the Freshman examinations, and each Moderatorship essay, must be accompanied by the appropriate cover-sheet and delivered to Room 3143 by 11am. on the specified date. Essays and assignments may not be posted, e-mailed, or handed to members of staff. Students are required to retain an electronic copy of all written work in their own files. No written work will be accepted for examination after the due date, in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department, covering the entire period of delay. Extensions will be granted only in the most exceptional circumstances. Crashed computers, minor mishaps etc. will not be taken as satisfactory grounds for the granting of extensions. No requests for an extension on the day of submission of written work will be considered. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Supplemental Examination A supplemental examination is held in September for candidates who were unsuccessful in Trinity Term of their Junior or Senior Freshman year. Students who have failed more than 2 x 10 ECTS modules or their equivalent will normally be required to repeat the entire examination. The format of the supplemental examination will be the same as that of the examination in Trinity Term. The results of supplemental examinations are not classified but recorded as Pass or Fail. No supplementary examination is available in the Sophister years; but Junior Sophisters who fail the Moderatorship examination, part I, may be permitted to repeat the year, taking different special subjects.

Marking Procedures Even if you have clashed with a teacher, you need have no fear of bias in marking: you will be marked on the merits of your work rather than your personality. Should you still have such a fear, you may be reassured by the requirement that all examination papers be marked anonymously. All work contributing to Moderatorship is scrutinised by two internal

SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 22 examiners and an external examiner, who checks borderline or contested cases and looks out for evidence of inconsistent standards of marking.

6b SENIOR FRESHMAN YEAR Modules You are required to take six modules, as follows. The ECTS equivalent for the modules totals 60. (Course co-ordinators are indicated in italics.) A Three year-long modules in Political Science: 1 PO2610 History of political thought 10 ECTS 2 PO2650 Comparative Politics 10 ECTS 3 PO2640 International Relations 10 ECTS

B Michaelmas Term students choose two modules; C Hilary Term students choose one module: B Senior Freshman: Michaelmas Term Europe, c. 1215-1517: Religion, Death and Culture Ireland and the Wider World, 1534-1641 Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and Politics Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922 Continental Europe: Grandeur and Decline, 1870-1930 Themes in modern American history C Senior Freshman: Hilary Term Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and their impact on Britain and Ireland Ireland and the wider world, 1641-1815 Continental Europe: cataclysm and rebirth, 1914 to the present Ireland in the Twentieth Century The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

Students may substitute Electives of 10 ECTS for one of the History modules under C

Lectures In each History module B and C you are required to attend two one-hour lectures per week.

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Tutorials In addition to lectures, you are required to attend a series of one-hour tutorials in each of your modules. Tutorials begin in week 3. The required written work must be presented punctually as directed by the tutorial teacher.

Essays Students are required to write essays in all their modules, as follows:  Politics Modules A 1- 3: the requirements and deadlines for essays in each Politics module will be announced by the relevant module teacher.  History Modules B 1 – 8, C 1 – 8: students are required to write three essays, one in each of your modules. Each History essay should be 2,000 words in length.

Students must complete all essays in order to be eligible to take the annual examination. For details of the essays prescribed for each module, see the relevant Module Guide. Some general regulations for essays appear in section 4a above.

Please consult section below: Guidelines for Writing Essays. The footnotes and bibliography of your essay must conform to these Guidelines. Each essay must be accompanied by the appropriate cover-sheet and delivered to Room 3143 by 11am on the specified date. Essays may not be posted, e-mailed or handed to members of the teaching staff. All essays must be signed for in the Departmental office at the time of submission. Credit will be refused if essays are not submitted in time in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department (Professor Brady), covering the entire period of delay. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Examination The examination will consist of the following elements:  Politics modules A 1 - 3: = Three 3 hour examination papers o In each Politics paper you are required to answer four questions from a choice of 12 – 18 questions. The assessment of essays in each Politics module contributes 25% of the mark awarded for that module in the Senior Freshman examination.

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 History modules B and C: The examination in each History module will consist of the following elements: o A two hour examination to be held in the examining period commencing after the 26 April 2010 this examination will account for 80% of the total module assessment.

Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of ten questions.

o 20% of the module assessment will be constituted by previously submitted written work which will take the form of an essay OR an essay and assignment /s.

Every mark of zero given to a missing essay or assignment will count towards the combined assessment mark.

Electives With the exception of the Politics or History BC options (which are designed for students in other disciplines), you may choose Electives of 10 ECTS for one of the History or Politics modules under B.

All Broad Curriculum modules count as 5 ECTS: students must therefore choose two Broad Curriculum modules instead of a module in Politics or History. For details of the available Broad Curriculum courses and procedures for enrolment and assessment, consult the Senior Lecturer's Office or website and the departments concerned.

Students reading, any course from the Broad Curriculum must observe the requirements specified by their module teachers. The nature and format of classes, written work and examination papers may vary from those laid down for Politics and History courses. In Broad Curriculum modules an assessment mark may be substituted for the examination paper.

7 GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ESSAYS

1. PREPARATION

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The usual purpose of writing a history essay is to answer a specific question or set of interlocking questions, not provide a mere chronology of vaguely related events. Where the essay title does not consist of a specific question, students should formulate their own question to limit the topic. Students should prepare for an essay by using the reading lists provided by the course lecturer which are directly relevant to the subject, making use where appropriate also of dictionaries and encyclopaedias). In their reading they should attempt to take account of any historical controversy surrounding the topic. Before writing the essay, students should devise an outline with a clear structure. This may be submitted with the essay.

Essays should concentrate on argument and analysis, and not narrative. An essay which simply narrates a series of events without analysing them will always score a low mark, no matter how well written and presented it is. In assessing essays, teachers take account of attributes such as critical ability, range of reading and analysis, accuracy, structure, expression, presentation and originality of thought. The mark represents a medley of distinct evaluations. An interesting, provocative, but technically flawed essay might receive the same grade as one which is systematic, faultlessly presented but boring.

2. STRUCTURE The basic structure of any essay should consist of an introduction, a main part, a conclusion, and a bibliography.

The introduction should define a specific question or discuss the question already posed and outline how the student intends going about answering the question. Any terms/concepts requiring definition should be dealt with in the introduction (e.g. ‘Was the First World War a total war?’ requires a definition of what ‘total war’ is.).

The main part of an essay should consist of several main points (3-5), which deal with individual aspects of the question posed and lead up to an answer. A clear structure will make the argument more coherent and easier to follow.

The conclusion should be in direct relation to the introduction and summarise the argument and supply an answer to the exact question posed in the introduction. It is no good not answering the question posed or answering a question not posed.

The bibliography is dealt with below.

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3. FORMATTING & WRITING Essays should typed or word-processed (word-processing and formatting an essay form an important part of the Learning for Historians classes which all Junior Freshmen studying history must attend). Pages should be single sided and numbered consecutively, spaced at one-and-a-half or double with generous left- and right-hand margins. Font size should be 12 point; footnotes should be 10 point. Quotations longer than three lines should be separated from the text and indented (reduced font size or single line spacing are optional but must be applied consistently). A departmental cover sheet must be attached to all Freshman essays submitted, and all Sophister essays other than term essays.

- Paragraphs should be limited to less than a page and the development of a single point; single sentence paragraphs should be avoided. - Write full sentences, do not link two grammatically separate sentences with a comma. I have just made this mistake in the last sentence in order to demonstrate it. All sentences begin with a capital letter, and end with a full stop. This applies to footnotes as well as text. Quotations, too, must be ended with a full stop at some point: the footnote number and the inverted commas are no substitute for the full stop. - Where possible the active rather than the passive form should be used. - Abbreviations (e.g. ‘esp.’ for especially) should generally be avoided within the text, where abbreviations are used (e.g. ‘WW II’ for the Second World War) they should be consistent throughout the essay. - Though it is quite common, the first person (‘I’, ‘we’) should be avoided or at least used very sparingly. - Elisions (e.g. doesn’t, isn’t) as well as slang, jargon and an excessive use of metaphors constitute bad style. - A frequent mistake made is the use of it’s (it is) instead of its. Italics should be used for foreign words and the titles of books, films, etc. within the text. - Numbers should be spelt out to ninety-nine, except when used in groups or in statistical discussion, e.g. ‘75 voted for, 39 against, and 30 abstained’. ‘5,000’ takes a comma. Note elisions: 156-9, but (for teens) 115-16. - Dates should be formatted in the following manner: 12 December 1970 (no comma) in the text; 12 Dec. 1970 in footnotes. Elisions: 1834-5, 1816-17, except that in article headings and in citing titles of books and articles use 1834-1835, i.e. without elision. Place a comma before dates in titles of books and articles. Decades: 1850s

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not 1850’s; eighties not ‘80s. ‘Sixteenth century’ (noun, without hyphen); ‘sixteenth- century’ (adjective, with hyphen). ‘From 1785 to 1789’, not ‘from 1785-89’; likewise ‘between 1785 and 1789’, not ‘between 1785-89’.

Special attention should be paid to spelling and grammar; names, place names, and foreign words are frequently misspelled. Students should re-read all their work before submitting it and, if possible, ask someone else to read it as well.

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY Every essay must contain a bibliography, situated at the end of the essay, listing the works consulted in alphabetical order of the author’s last name. Only works actually consulted should be listed. There are different methods of listing publications in a bibliography; the main thing is that it is consistent within itself and that sufficient information is supplied to trace the publication listed.

- The title of a published work should be in italics. - The place of publication is the town and not the country (e.g. London and not England or Great Britain; Princeton, NJ, not just New Jersey). - Editors should be identified as such by placing ‘(ed.)’ after their name (e.g. Roger Griffin (ed.)). For more than one editor use ‘(eds.)’. - The common abbreviation for page is ‘p.’, for pages ‘pp.’ (e.g. p. 3 and pp. 3-5). - Use ‘n.d.’ (no date) and ‘n.p.’ (no place of publication) where the information is not known. - Certain publications (e.g. Hansard) use column references (col. and cols.) rather than page references. Books: Author’s surname, author’s first name, title, place and date of publication, edition used and date of first edition (if not first edition).

Hobsbawm, Eric, Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (London, 1994). MacDonagh, Oliver, States of Mind. A Study of Anglo-Irish Conflict 1780-1980 (London, 1983). Simms, Katharine, From Kings to Warlords. The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages (Woodbridge, 1987).

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When listing primary sources (especially medieval) without an apparent author the text should be listed first followed by the name of the editor. Where the author is known the editor of the edition used must also be included.

Annála Connacht, ed. A. Martin Freeman (Dublin, 1944). Orderic Vitalis, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. M. Chibnall, 6 vols. (Oxford, 1969-80).

Articles in books: author’s surname, author’s first name, title of article, editor’s full name, title of book, place and date of publication, edition and date of first edition (if not first edition), page numbers of full article.

Berghahn, Volker, ‘Demographic growth, industrialization and social change’, in Mary Fulbrook (ed.), German History since 1800 (London, 1997), pp. 168-180. Lydon, James F., ‘The middle nation’, in idem (ed.), The English in Medieval Ireland (Dublin, 1982), pp. 1-26. McMahon, Deirdre, ‘John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, 1940-72’, in J. Kelly and D Keogh (eds.), History of the Catholic Diocese of Dublin (Dublin, 2000), pp. 349-380.

Articles in journals: author’s surname, author’s first name, title of article, name of journal, volume and year of journal, page numbers of article.

Lydon, James F., ‘An Irish army in Scotland, 1296’, The Irish Sword, 5 (1961-2), pp. 184- 90. McGrath, Michael, ‘The narrow road. Harry Midgley and Catholic schools in Northern Ireland’, Irish Historical Studies 30 (1997), pp. 429-451. Peukert, Detlev, ‘The Weimar Republic - old and new perspectives’, German History, 6 (1988), pp. 133-144.

Websites: name of website, exact website address in brackets (URL), date of access.

Trinity College Dublin (http://www.tcd.ie), 1 September 2002.

5. SOURCING INFORMATION

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Plagiarism, i.e. to take the work or an idea of someone else and pass it off as one’s own, is strictly forbidden and may have serious disciplinary consequences, such as a mark of zero or failure of a course. See the College Calendar, p. H14 §65; the Department of History web site has a link (via ‘college links’).

All direct and indirect quotations, as well as the ideas or opinions of others, must be referenced. Indirect quotations should be extensively reworded, reordered and their contents analysed, in order to avoid suspicion of plagiarism. As a general rule, any information taken from a book/article/website must be sourced. However, it is not necessary to source general information or facts (e.g. Hitler came to power in 1933.) which are common knowledge and/or can easily be verified.

6. REFERENCES (footnotes/endnotes) References may be inserted into the essay as footnotes or endnotes after the relevant text passage. References must be consistent and unambiguous. They must contain precise page references, not only for direct quotations but also for indirect ones; foot- and endnotes should be numbered consecutively.

The first reference to a particular work should contain the same information as the bibliographic entry. The only differences are that the word order of the author’s name is reversed, and you must include a page reference: Katharine Simms, From Kings to Warlords. The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages (Woodbridge, 1987), p. 57. Subsequent references to the same source should use an abbreviated form (author’s surname, abbreviated title, page number(s)). Where references are identical (or only refer to different page or volume numbers) and follow one another immediately, the second and following ones should be abbreviated with ‘Ibid.’ (i.e. ‘just there’). However, do not use ‘ibid.’ where there is more than one reference in the preceding note. Use ‘idem’ to denote a repetition of the immediately preceding author’s name, where only a different book or article title (and page references) needs to be recorded. Use ‘passim’ to denote that a topic is referred to periodically throughout the source cited. Do not use ‘op. cit.’ or ‘loc. cit.’ Only use ‘cf.’ when it really does mean ‘compare’; otherwise use ‘see’.

When abbreviating months in footnotes, note standard abbreviations: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.

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Use abbreviations (e.g. for archive repositories) only if the abbreviation has been explained in the initial reference

1 Eric Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (London: 1994), pp. 12-15. 2 Detlev Peukert, ‘The Weimar Republic - old and new perspectives’, in German History, 6 (1988), p. 136. 3 Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes, pp. 14-18. 4 Ibid. (instead of ‘Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes, pp. 14-18.’) 5 Ibid., p. 17. (instead of ‘Hobsbawm, Age of extremes, p. 17.’) 6 Peukert, ‘Weimar Republic’, p. 142.

Foot- and endnotes should not in general be discursive. Occasionally, they may be used to provide further explanatory information which is of secondary importance to the point being made and would disrupt the flow of the argument.

8 SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION

Scholarship The College offers a number of valuable Scholarships, election to which is decided on the basis of examinations in all disciplines, held annually in January (see Calendar). Students are entitled to sit the Scholarship examination at any stage of the undergraduate programme, but are advised to do so as Senior Freshmen, as all entitlements under Scholarship are not tenable until the Sophister years.

A first-class honor is a prerequisite for the award of a Scholarship.

No exemptions can be granted from the normal examination and assessment requirements of the Senior Freshman year. NB This ruling applies even to those who have been awarded a Scholarship in the Senior Freshman year. Similarly, Sophisters who sit the Scholarship examination cannot secure exemption from the Sophister examinations.

Prospective candidates are advised to approach a member of staff or their College Tutor before the end of Michaelmas Term. Formal notice of candidature must be given, using the SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 31 entry form obtainable from the Senior Lecturer's Office or the Examinations Office, West Theatre, during October 2010. Application forms must be submitted to the Examinations Office in person.

HOW A SCHOLARSHIP PAPER DIFFERS FROM A NORMAL FRESHMAN PAPER

In general, the questions on Scholarship papers are more wide-ranging, less closely connected with lectures and tutorials and more difficult to answer without broad reading, presence of mind and a capacity for sustained analysis.

Each paper consists of six questions, of which two must be answered. There is no chronological division of Scholarship papers.

Scholarship Examination Single Honor Single Honor candidates are examined in four two-hour papers, carrying equal weight. At least one paper from each group must be attempted.

1 At least one of the following: History of Europe 1000-1250 (2 hrs) History of Ireland 1014-1534 (2 hrs) History of Britain 1066–1296 (2 hrs) History of Britain 1296-1603 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1500-1600 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1600-1700 (2 hrs)

2 At least one of the following:

Europe, c. 1215-1517: Religion, Death and Culture (2 hrs) Ireland and the Wider World, 1534-1641 (2 hrs) Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and Politics (2 hrs) Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922 (2 hrs) Continental Europe: Grandeur and Decline, 1870-1930 (2 hrs)

Themes in modern American history (2 hrs)

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Two-Subject Moderatorship TSM candidates are examined in two two-hour papers, each carrying equal weight as follows: 1 One of the following: History of Europe 1000-1250 (2 hrs) History of Ireland 1014-1534 (2 hrs) History of Britain 1066–1296 (2 hrs) History of Britain 1296-1603 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1500-1600 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1600-1700 (2 hrs)

2 One of the following:

Themes in modern American history (2 hrs)

History and Political Science HPS candidates are examined in four papers, two in Politics and two in History, carrying equal weight as follows:

1 Politics 1 (2 hrs 15 min) 2 Politics 2 (2 hrs 15 min)

3 One of the following:

History of Europe 1000-1250 (2 hrs)

History of Ireland 1014-1534 (2 hrs)

History of Britain 1066–1296 (2 hrs)

History of Britain 1296-1603 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1500-1600 (2 hrs) History of Europe 1600-1700 (2 hrs) SENIOR FRESHMAN HANDBOOK 33

4 One of the following:

Europe, c. 1215-1517: Religion, Death and Culture (2 hrs)

Ireland and the Wider World, 1534-1641 (2 hrs)

Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and Politics (2 hrs)

Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922 (2 hrs)

Continental Europe: Grandeur and Decline, 1870-1930 (2 hrs) Themes in modern American history (2 hrs)

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7. THE HISTORY ALMANAC 2010-2011: SENIOR FRESHMAN STUDENTS WEEK DATE EVENTS MICHAELMAS TERM 2010

1 Mon 27 Sept Lectures begin in all Freshman modules

3 Mon 11 Oct Tutorials begin in all Freshman modules

6 Mon 1 Nov Single Honor only: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module; you may choose the module for which you wish to submit your essay.

7 Mon 8 Nov READING WEEK

8 Mon 15 Nov Single Honor only: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module; you may choose the module for which you wish to submit your essay.

12 Mon 13 Dec ALL Senior Freshman students: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module (SH students – for your remaining Michaelmas module; TSM/HPS – for the module in which your took lectures and tutorials in Michaelmas Term)

WEEK DATE EVENTS HILARY TERM 2011

1 Mon 17 Jan Lectures begin in all Freshman modules

3 Mon 31 Jan Tutorials begin in all Freshman modules

6 Mon 21 Feb Single Honor History: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module; you may choose the module for which you wish to submit your essay

TSM/HPS: submission of essay for module in which took lectures in Michaelmas Term

7 Mon 28 Feb READING WEEK

8 Mon 7 Mar Single Honor History: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module; you may choose the module in which you wish to submit your essay.

10 Mon 21 Mar ALL Senior Freshman students: submission of essay in ONE Freshman module (SH students – for your remaining module; TSM/HPS – for the module in which you took lectures in Hilary Term)

12 Fri 8 April Teaching ends

Tues 3 May Annual Exams begin