Vienna and Berlin: Society, Politics and Culture from 1890 to the Present

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify concepts and data relevant to the task in hand
• Formulate and clarify critical questions
• Select, synthesise and focus information from a range of sources
• Apply knowledge and understanding and analysis critically to different topics

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate effectively and confidently in English
• Use ICT to produce documents and other material using a computer
• Use libraries, archives, learning resources and ICT to access relevant information
• Exercise independence and initiative

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Techniques for analysing a variety of cultural artefacts
• The main developments within the urban life of Vienna and Berlin during the long twentieth century
• The variety of ways in which modernity affected the inhabitants of Vienna and Berlin in the early twentieth century

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.