History of Modern America
Code: 100349Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| History | OB | 3 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Jordi Figuerola Garreta
- Email :
- jordi.figuerola@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- David Martinez Fiol
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
This course has no prerequisites.
Objectives
The aim of this subject is:
-to provide an introduction to recent Modern American History.
-to use technical and documentation tools to know the political, social, economical and cultural changes of Contemporary American History.
Learning outcomes
- Organising and planning the search of historical information.
- Using the characteristic computing resources of the field of History.
- Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
- Developing the ability of historical analysis and synthesis.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Relating elements and factors involved in the development of historical processes.
- Coordinating work of interdisciplinary nature with other teams.
- Recognising diversity and multiculturalism.
- Identifying and using in an appropriate way sources of information for the historical research of contemporary Spain.
- Reading and interpreting historiographical texts or original documents and transcribing, summarising and cataloguing information from the colonial era.
- Identifying and using sources of information for the historical pan-Hispanic research.
Contents
UNIT 0 - HISTORY OF MODERN AMERICA: A PRESENTATION
UNIT 1 - THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE PROCESSES AND THE FORMATION OF THE NEW POLITICAL REALITIES
UNIT 2 - THE AMERICAN STATES: EVOLUTION, CONSOLIDATION AND CONFLICTS
UNIT 3 - THE AGRO-EXPORTATORY ECONOMY AND THE OLIGARIC ORDER
UNIT 4 - BETWEEN THE REVOLUTION AND THE SUBMISSION: THE POPULISM
UNIT 5 - REVOLUTION AND DICTATORS: AMERICA DURING THE COLD WAR
UNIT 6- TIMES OF CHANGES AND BREAKS: TO THE PRESENT
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual study | 75 | 3 | 4, 10 |
| Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | 7 |
| Theoretical classes | 45 | 1.8 | 5, 6, 8, 11 |
| Workshops | 7.5 | 0.3 | 3, 5, 6, 8 |
Teoretical classes will present the historical structures of Latin-America and his evolution. We wil analyse the different models of the contemporary American countries in the clasroom.
Supervised Activities are an individualised teaching support in which a teacher attends to one o several students in their specific educational process about American history.
Autonomous Activities represent the personal work and individual study. This includes personal study, preparing exams, library work, complementary reading, all of which are fundamental in autonomous learning.
The sessions and their contents are protected by intellectual property and data protection regulations. Recording, reproducing, or sharing classes or participants' contributions is not permitted without prior authorization. Any recording must be expressly authorized.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test 1 | 35% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Reassessment | 100% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Test 2 | 35% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Exercices and activities | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 |
Bibliography
Manuals
Joan del Alcázar, Núria Tabanera, Josep M. Santacreu, Antoni Marimon. Historia contemporánea de América. PUV. Universitat de València, 2003
Manuel Lucena. Breve historia de Latinoamèrica. De la independència de Haití a los caminos de la socialdemocracia. Cátedra. Madrid 2007.
T. Halperin. Historia contemporánea de America Latina. Alianza editorial, Madrid 1998.
The bibliography will be on Campus Virtual.
Software
The students will use the basic software of the Office 365 package
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 2 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |