History (HIST) 304

Overview

HIST 304 traces the development of English society from the pre-Roman era to 1714. The course focuses on the transformation of the English landscape, on the growth of villages and towns, on the evolution of architectural styles, and on the everyday lives of the ordinary men and women who worked the land, laboured at crafts, and raised families in this pre-industrial world.

The course aims to explore the rich legacy of medieval and Renaissance England still evident in such towns as Winchester, Warwick, Kenilworth, Salisbury, and Oxford. It also examines changes in land use, architecture, and lifestyles as a means to understanding the gradual modification of pre-industrial English society during the subsequent centuries. Students also analyse a variety of primary documents chosen to illustrate the periods and patterns of English history from the Anglo-Saxon era to the seventeenth century.

Outline

• Unit 1: Celts and Romans
• Unit 2: Anglo-Saxon England
• Unit 3: Norman and Angevin England
• Unit 4: The Waning of Medieval England
• Unit 5: Renaissance and Reformation
• Unit 6: A Century of Revolution

Evaluation

To receive credit for HIST 304, you must achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on the final examination and a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, a book of readings, and a map of Medieval England.

Special Course Features

When offered as a seminar at an Athabasca University summer school in Britain, a field trip component is included and special emphasis is given to studying the physical remains of early England.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the HIST 304 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the entire challenge examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form