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Introduction to British Civilization

BBLAN 00300 CV

Examination procedure and topics

Tamás Karáth PhD

Spring 2013

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EXAMINATION PROCEDURE AND TOPICS

Lecturer: Karáth Tamás PhD (kartauzi@gmx.de) This is an only exam (CV) course on British civilization. Only students who have acquired a signature in a previous semester may register for this exam.

EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS

The content of the exam is based on Introduction to Britain edited by Károly Pintér (2nd revised edition, 2007/2010). The exam consists of a written part (fact questions and an outline map) and an oral part. Both the written entry test and the oral exam are based on the course book and the assigned home readings (indicated in the course schedule and also listed below).

Obligatory Readings for the Exam:

I. Pintér Károly, Intoduction to Britain. 2nd revised edition. PPKE, 2010 II. Articles and studies as assigned home readings: does it matter? The Independent (18 Feb 2008) /a_new_parliament_and_scotlands_future to community relations in Northern Ireland: grounds for (5) F. Bechhofer - british_a_crisis_of_identity

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Western Europe

(7) Jonathan Wynne- countr (9) -05-2007) (10)

Optional materials to update information:

The on-line publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office about recent data concerning the UK: http://www.fco.gov.uk, http://www.informationfrombritain.com The Northern Ireland Office website: http://www.nio.gov.uk The Scottish Office website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk The Scottish Parliament website: http://www.scottish-devolution.org.uk

The Welsh Office website: http://www.wales.gov.uk

EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

The exam will consist of two parts. In the first 15 minutes you will sit for a written entry test containing an outline map exercise (in which 15 places have to be identified) as well as a series of 15 questions requiring a one-word or a one-sentence answer. You have to score at least 50% in both parts of the entry test. Failure of this test means the automatic failure of the exam.

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1. Entry Test

A) Outline map exercise

In the outline map exercise, you have to be able to identify the following regions and places on an outline map:

England:

1. The South (and its subdivisions: Southeast, East Anglia, West Country): London, Oxford,

Cambridge, Bristol, Brighton, Southampton, Canterbury, Norwich, Plymouth

2. The Midlands: Birmingham, Nottingham, Coventry

3. The North Country: Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Newcastle-upon-

Tyne, York

Scotland:

1. Lowlands: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen

2. Highlands and Islands: Inverness

Wales:

Swansea, Cardiff, Newport

Northern Ireland:

Belfast

B) Fact questions

You will have to complete the missing information in 15 sentences. This gap-filling type of

exercise will enquire about the key concepts listed at the end of each chapter in Pintér

Introduction to Britain.

For your information, you may consult the following sample fact question sheet:

SCREENING TEST: CIVILIZATION OF THE UK

Good luck.

2. The largest city of the Midlands is ........................................

3-4. The three pillars of the Scottish national identity, conserved after the Act of Union of 1707, were: (1)

............................, (2) ...................................... and (3) ..........................................

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5. The Good Friday Agreement declared about the status of Northern Ireland that the province

this is the wish of the majority of the Northern Irish population.

7. Caribbean immigrants have found jobs typically in .............................................................................................

9. Today the Church of England has to face the ever most serious tension between two wings: the conservative

12. The 19th-century foundations of higher educational institutions are called ...........................................

universities.

13. As a result of the Welsh Bilingual Act ..................................

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2. The Colloquy (The Oral Part of the Exam). Here, you will have to interpret a very brief

passage of an article or study (from the list above) and to present one of the following topics in depth:

1. Divisions within the UK: Regional identities

2. Devolution in Wales

3. Devolution in Scotland

4. Devolution in Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement and Its Implementation

5. Ethnic Relations in Present-Day Britain. The Muslim Community

6. The Separation of Powers: Recent Constitutional Reforms in Britain

7. The British Two-Party System and Elections in Britain; Criticism of the First-past-the-

Post System

8. The British Monarchy: The Role of the Monarch in the Government

9. Characteristics of the English Legal System; Legal Professions

10. Immigration to Britain: Changing Immigration Policies since the 1960s

11. Established Churches in Britain: The Church of England and the Kirk

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12. Religious Non-Conformism and Non-Christian Churches

13. Elementary and Secondary Education in England and Wales

14. Higher Education in Britain

I wish you a successful preparation for the exam!

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