The Age of Jefferson: Republicanism in the United States, c.1776-1826 (U02580)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-4-U02580

This course seeks to contextualise and explain the emergence of republicanism in eighteenth-century America through the study of Thomas Jefferson's life and his substantial documentary legacy. It will consider Jefferson's role as a republican theorist, partisan political leader, and as a state governor, Secretary of State, Vice President, President of the United States. It will examine the origins, limits and achievements of republican government in early America. Although students will focus on the career and writings of Thomas Jefferson, the course is intended to introduce students to the major concerns and questions - political, ideological, and social - which shaped Jefferson's world and his various contributions to it.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : A pass in a third level historical course or equivalent

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who take the course should build upon the skills they have acquired in their previous three years of study to improve their awareness of the nature and use of various types of historical evidence; demonstrate the nature of history as argument by focusing on the debates between historians on key issues; increase their skills in research, writing and presentation of papers, increase their organisational, critical and communication skills. Students will be expected to read widely on designated topics and themes in the history of the period. This course will help students to develop their skills in research and writing and the presentation of papers.