Aims and Outcomes

All the School's Honours modules aim:
i. to develop the intellectual interests and analytical skills acquired by students during their first two years;

ii. to offer the opportunity to study previously unfamiliar methodological approaches, chronological periods and geographical areas by offering a wide choice of options;

iii. to offer the opportunity to develop skills in historical computing, as well as basic IT awareness;

iv. to introduce complex historical debates and interpretations, to develop skill in interpreting primary sources where appropriate, and to inform the discussion with new ideas derived from lecturers' current research;

v. to encourage the development of transferable skills by fostering individual initiative, personal choice, group discussion and, where appropriate, problem-solving team work.

Having completed this particular module you will have achieved the following outcomes:
i. to have read sufficiently widely in the history of American involvement in Vietnam to be able to explain American policies and experiences resulting from engagement in the Vietnam War;

ii. to be able to explore and offer some explanations for how and why the Vietnam War had such a profound effect upon American society and culture, and what this reveals about the late twentieth century United States;

iii. to have developed a critical sensitivity to the dangers of anachronism and the limitations of historical evidence, where appropriate demonstrating appreciation of alternative historical methodologies;

iv. to be able to write logical and clearly argued papers based on complex and data (including historical documents, fiction, oral histories and reminiscences, music and film), supported with accurate and relevant evidence;

v. to have developed oral, organisational and interpersonal skills to sustain and defend arguments in group discussion on prescribed topics.