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History as a Discipline in Britain 1850-2000 (P01714)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-HistDiBri

This course studies the development of history as an academic discipline in Britain within its social, institutional and cultural context. At its core is a chronological study of successive schools of historical study since 1850, of the professionalization and organization of research, and of historical teaching within universities. The political uses of history and its significance for national identity will also be discussed. The course will be of particular value to those studying modern British history, and of interest to postgraduates in all parts of the School who wish to know more about the history of historiography and the traditions within which British historians work.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course is intended to encourage postgraduate students to reflect on the ways in which historical study is itself conditioned historically and to understand the traditions in which British historians work. The written work in the course will require extensive reading, in primary as well as secondary sources, and will develop students' ability to relate ideas to the context in which they are formed and the political and social purposes which they serve. As with other MSc courses, the advanced level of work involved will form a suitable training for independent PhD work