Methods and Sources in First Millennium Studies (P01829)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P01829

The course seeks to provide a critical overview of a range of different sources of information studied by scholars of the first millennium, and the different methodological issues and approaches involved in their study. It is taught by a team of scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds, based both within and outwith History and Classics.

Entry Requirements

none

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 : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will learn how to evaluate critically first-millennium sources of information studied by scholars of the first millennium, and will appreciate the importance of methodology as an element of scholarship.