Course Structure
Section 1. Geography of the British Isles (12 academic hours)
Section 2. History of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
(32 academic hours)
Section 3. Culture and Realities of the UK (20 academic hours)
Section 4. Summary and Conclusion (4 academic hours)
Section 1. Geography of the British Isles (10 academic hours)
Class 1. Physical Geography of the
British Isles
Class 2. Southern England
Class 3. Central England
Class 4. Northern England
Class 5. Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Class 6. Test (Section 1)
Section 2. History of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (30 academic hours)
Class 7. Prehistoric and Roman Britain
Class 8. Anglo-Saxon England
Class 9. Norman England and England
under the Plantagenets. The Hundread-Years War. The War of the Roses
| ! | A progress test will be held in the beginning of the next class to assess the students' progress through classes 7 to 9. |
Class 10. The early Tudors. The
Reformation in Europe and in England. The Counter-Reformation
Class 11. Elizabethan Age and the
Early Stuarts
Class 12. English Civil War. Oliver
Cromwell
| ! | A progress test will be held in the beginning of the next class to assess the students' progress through classes 10 to 12. |
Class 13. Restoration. Glorious
Revolution
Class 14. England in the Eighteenth
Century. Industrial Revolution
Class 15. Victorian Age
| ! | A progress test will be held in the beginning of the next class to assess the students' progress through classes 13 to 15. |
Class 16. The Early Twentieth Century. The Irish Question. WWI
Class 17. The Interwar Period and WWII
Class 18. Post-WWII Britain
| ! | A progress test will be held in the beginning of the next class to assess the students' progress through classes 16 to 18. |
Class 19. History of the British Empire
Class 20. Political, Cultural, etc. Influences of the British Empire in
the Modern World and Britain
Class 21. A Brief History of Ireland
Class 22. Test (Section 2)
Section 3. Culture and Realities of the UK (24 academic hours)
Class 23. Political System of the UK. Contemporary British Politics
Class 24. Nationalism(s) in the UK. The Current Stage of the Irish Question
Class 25. Common Law. The System of Social Welfare
Class 26. British Economy
Class 27. Education in the UK
Class 28. British Arts and Music
Class 29. Mass Media
Class 30. London and other British metropolises
Class 31. Languages and dialects of the UK
Class 32. Test (Section 3)
Section 4. Summary and Conclusion (4 academic hours)
Classes 33 to 34: Summary of the Course Material
