Transcript Choosing Group 2 Courses

Department of History
Course Choices
for
Students entering Year 2
in 2012-13
Sources of Information
• Make sure you have the Choice Form for
your specific degree programme
• http://www.rhul.ac.uk/history/home.aspx:
‘Information for current students’
• History Course Directory (RHUL)
• Information about intercollegiate and
interdepartmental courses
• Degree structure
Where to Get Advice
1. Tutors of subjects which interest you
2. Your personal tutor
3. Course Allocation Officer (Dr David
Gwynn, McCrea 335)
Use staff members’ office hours to
communicate with them – don’t bombard
them with emails!
Types of Second Year History Course
Group 2 course - 1 unit; all year; 2-hour
seminar/week; class size = 20 students
Group 1 courses - 1/2 unit each; one
term; 1 lecture & 1 seminar (class size
about 15 students) each week
Second Year History courses…
• HS2301: Research Skills – 1/2 unit; term1
• HS2300 Independent Essay – 1/2 unit;
term 2
Meet with research group/choose title
in summer term; skills programme in
term 1; research & write 5,000 word
essay in term 2
Choosing HS2300 Independent Essay
groups
Important information about the HS2300
Independent Essay and how to register for
a research group will be given in the final
session of HS1008 Doing History on
Thursday, 22 March 2012.
Watch out later this term for emails on this
topic from Dr Alex Windscheffel.
Latin for Historians
• HS1111 or HS2111 Latin for Historians
- 1/2 unit; all year; for those
especially interested in ancient &
medieval history
(replaces a Group 1 in term 2)
Joint and Combined Degrees
• Partner departments for joint history
degrees (International Relations; French;
Spanish; German; Music) organise their
course choices separately.
• Exception: BA Modern History and Politics
- contact Dr Gwynn before Tuesday 6
March if you wish to take a unit in PIR.
Subjects in other RHUL Departments
• You may substitute a half or full unit from another
department in place of up to two Group 1 halfunits.
• If these subjects are from the lists for PIR or
Classics, please see Dr Gwynn as soon as possible,
and definitely before Tuesday 6 March.
• If you wish to take a course in another
department (e.g. Music, English, Geography, a
Language), contact the relevant department first,
and then see Dr Gwynn, before 6 March.
Choosing Group 2 Courses
List of Group 2s:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/history/home.aspx:
‘Information for current students’
• N.B. Not all 2011-12 courses will run in
2012-13.
Intercollegiate Group 2 courses
• BA History & BA History with an International Year:
You may take a Group 2 at another London
college.
• Only courses on the list on the website are
available in 2012-13.
• Intercollegiate courses may only be chosen as
your 1st or 2nd preference.
• The Department contributes to train fares, but
commuting to central London takes time and
organisation.
Choosing Group 2 courses - practicalities
• Register Group 2 preferences on the form
for your degree.
• Please read the notes on the front page.
• You must give the number of preferences
requested; or your form will be dealt with
last.
• You must fill out all the personal details.
•Note that some Group 2 courses may only
be selected as a 1st or 2nd preference.
Group 2 choices - deadlines
Tuesday 6 March, 1pm - if you hope to take
an intercollegiate course.
Tuesday 13 March, 1pm - if you are only
interested in RHUL courses.
Submit your form to the box outside
McCrea 318
Allocations to Group 2 courses will be posted in
the History Department at the start of the summer
term.
Choosing Group 1 courses
Group 1 subjects listed on website:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/history/home.aspx:
‘Information for current students’
Take note of the following:
• In which term is the Group 1 running?
• How many Group 1 subjects do you need
to take in each term for your degree?
• Do you need to take Group 1 subjects from
Basket A and/or Basket B?
IMPORTANT
Compulsory start-up meetings for Group 2s,
Group 1s and the HS2300 Independent Essay.
• Held at the end of summer term (May
28-June 8).
If you do not attend, your place on any
oversubscribed course will be jeopardised.
Do not assume that once your exams are
over, your summer term commitments have
BA History
Register for Group 1 subjects in person:
Thursday 24 May 2012
McCrea, Room 336
Please bring:
• list of preferred Group 1s
• list of back-up choices
• pen, spare paper, & student card
BA Modern History and Politics
Compulsory subjects:
• Choose Group 2 from either HS2271 Modern
Political Ideas or HS2280: “The Devil's Decade”:
Britain, America and the Great Slump, 1929-41
• HS2300 Independent Essay.
• Only Modern History (i.e. post 1789)
• PIR subjects: See Dr Gwynn before Tuesday 6
March if interested.
• Register preference for Group 1 subjects by
returning the form before 1pm, 13 March to the box
outside McCrea 318.
All Other Degree Options
• Compulsory History subjects listed on your
course choice forms.
• Register preference for optional history
subjects by returning the form: by 1pm,
Tuesday 13 March to box outside McCrea
318.
•Check with Partner Departments for this
course choice arrangements.