Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | CYPRUS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | ||||||
Course Unit Code | AECH111 | ||||||
Course Unit Details | BA Audio Visual Communication (General Electives) - Dip Graphic Design (General Electives) - | ||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 2 | ||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||
Course Contents | Key concepts of geopolitics - Geopolitical element of Cyprus - comparative hot spots. Pre – History (a quick look) The Dawn of Civilization The Mycenaean Civilization The Iron Age The Archaic age The Persians vs the Greeks – Attempts at the Liberation of Cyprus (the Onisilos and the Ionian revolve, Kimon, Evagoras and Alexander the Great) King Evagoras and Athens. The classical Era: “The Glory that was Hellas” – comparative concepts of Democracy, and the most notable achievements of the classic world that inspired Evagoras for the betterment of life for the people of Salamina and Cyprus (WHY named as "model ruler" by the orator Isocrates) Hellenistic Times The Roman Period and the Advert of Christianity The Byzantine Period and the independence of the Church of Cyprus (Autocephalous church) and a note of Islam The Crusades and a King of England The Frankish Period and the Venetian The Turkish Period The Greek Revolution and its suppression in Cyprus The British Period - The take over from British - The British Administration Cyprus and the Second World War The Colonialism The ENOSIS movement and the struggle of Greek Cypriots The Republic of Cyprus 1960 -1963. Comparative constitutional issues. The coup d’etat from the Greek Junta and the Turkish Invasion 1974 Cyprus after 1974 - 2005 Cyprus after accession. | ||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures, discussions/ debates, presentation of assignments | ||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |