Each week there will be a lecture which will last about an hour and a quarter and will be given by the course organiser, Dr Adam Smith. He will be available to answer questions after every lecture and also by email at a.i.p.smith@ucl.ac.uk

In each term there will also be five hour-long seminars which are designed to give you the opportunity to examine selected topics in more depth with the help of primary sources. You will be given a copy of a booklet containing primary sources which we will discuss in these classes. Before each seminar you should write a 250-word explanation of the context and significance of the documents under discussion.

The lecture will be at 11-12.30 on Tuesdays in the Ramsay LT in the Christopher Ingold building EVERY WEEK DURING TERM TIME (except Reading Week)

You also have to attend ONE of the following seminars on five occasions each term:
Tuesdays: 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5pm -- all in G.10
Thursdays: 9-10am, 10-11am -- both in 201
You will be allocated to a seminar during the first lecture of the term.

Assessment: Full-year students
75% of the mark comes from a three-hour exam at the end of the course.The remaining 25% of your final mark comes from two coursework essays.
Coursework essays must normally be selected from this list.If you wish to suggest a question of your own you must agree this with your seminar teacher before starting work on the essay.
Two copies of each essay must be handed in to the History Department reception, with a completed 3-part coversheet, which will be date stamped. The pink copy of the cover sheet will be returned to you as a receipt/proof of submission. Please keep this in case of any query. Essays that are not stamped will receive a mark of 0.
You must achieve a pass in both your coursework and your examination in order to pass the course.
Full-year students must hand in your essays by the following deadlines:
Essay 1: 5pm, 8th Dec, 2008
Essay 2: 5pm, 23rd Mar, 2009
Please note that these are official "Departmental deadlines," not "interim deadlines." Any essay submitted after these official deadlines will be penalised by 5 MARKS PER DAY LATE, up to a maximum of FOUR days, after which it will receive a mark of 0. This will be included in the calculation of the overall mark.

One-term affiliates
For affiliate students leaving in December only (course codes ending in ‘A’): choose two essay questions from the questions for the first term on this list; these are equally weighted, and should be submitted to the history department reception by the official deadline,which is 5 pm on 12th December. If you wish to suggest a question of your own you must agree this with your seminar teacher before starting work on the essay. Together these two essays should total about 5,000 words (including footnotes but excluding bibliography). I strongly recommend that you submit your first essay by my unofficial deadline of 5pm 10th November, 2008 so that I have an opportunity to give you some tutorial feedback before you write your second essay. However, you will not be penalised if you do not meet this unofficial deadline.

For affiliate students who start the course in January only (course codes ending in ‘B’): choose one essay question from the questions for the second term on this list. If you wish to suggest a question of your own you must agree this with your seminar teacher before starting work on the essay. This essay, which counts for 40% of the final mark, must be submitted by 5pm on 23rd March. The second essay, which counts for the remaining 60% of the final mark, will be a summative essay. Options for this essay will be posted on the departmental noticeboard outside room G06 on 27th April, and it should be submitted in person to the history department reception by 5 pm on 18th May and no earlier than 11th May. Together these two essays should total about 5,000 words (including footnotes but excluding bibliography). Please note that these are official "Departmental deadlines," not "interim deadlines." Any essay submitted after these official deadlines will be penalised by 5 MARKS PER DAY LATE, up to a maximum of FOUR days, after which it will receive a mark of 0. This will be included in the calculation of the overall mark.

Extensions
Extensions to these deadlines can only be granted by the Chair of the Board of Examiners on the recommendation of the Departmental Tutor. He is only likely to do so in cases of serious illness, which must be evidenced by a doctor's certificate, or bereavement. In particular, it is normal to expect up to two weeks’ illness in the course of the two teaching semesters and applications for extensions on medical grounds received in the last two weeks of the second term, where the illness was clearly of less than two weeks’ duration, will not be granted. Students wishing to apply for an extension should complete a form (available from the Departmental reception) and make an appointment to see the Departmental Tutor. Please note that applications for extensions will not be accepted on the deadline day itself, or subsequently, except in cases of severe illness or bereavement.

Legibility
All essays must be well presented and clear. Please leave wide margins and use double-spacing to allow teachers to write comments. Proof-read word-processed work carefully, and do not rely entirely on spell-checkers - they can introduce mistakes, particularly with proper names.

Plagiarism
Essays, while based upon what you have read, heard and discussed, must be entirely your own work. It is very important that you avoid plagiarism, that is the presentation of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own. Plagiarism is a form of cheating, and is regarded by the College as a serious offence, which can lead to a student failing a course or courses, or even deregistration. Please see the departmental study skills handbook for further guidance on avoiding plagiarism. (Students not registered in the History Department should ask at the Departmental Office for a copy of the Department’s guidelines or can download copies of the study skills booklet from the ‘current students’ section on the History Department website www.ucl.ac.uk/history).

Any quotation from the published or unpublished works of other persons must be clearly identified as such by being placed inside quotation marks and students should identify their sources as accurately and fully as possible in footnotes.

Recourse to the services of “ghost-writing” agencies (for example in the preparation of essays or reports) or of outside word-processing agencies which offer correction/improvement of English is strictly forbidden and students who make use of the services of such agencies render themselves liable for an academic penalty.

You should note that UCL has now signed up to use a sophisticated detection system (Turn-It-In) to scan work for evidence of plagiarism, and the Department intends to use this for assessed coursework. This system gives access to billions of sources worldwide, including websites and journals, as well as work previously submitted to the Department, UCL and other universities.