Pre-Revolutionary America (VS1) (U03784)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-PREREV

This course aims to consider a period of American history that is often neglected in the rush from emigration and witches to the American Revolution. During the period 1688-1776, colonial America underwent significant social, economic, political, and cultural development. The course will consider such themes as warfare, politics, demographic change, consumption and refinement, gender relations, religion, and the emergence of an "American character" on the eve of independence.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02519

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course or equivalent and any second level historical course or equivalent Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

? Prohibited combinations : Not to be taken with ES0049 'The Economic and Social Histroy of British America 1607-1770'.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
24/09/2007	09:00	10:50	Room 1.110, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

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

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the course successfully will be able to demonstrate in written examination, essays, seminar presentations and discussion:

• An understanding of the major historiographical debates concerning the development of eighteenth-century North America;
• An understanding of the political, social, economic and religious development of the European settlements in eighteenth-century North America;
• An understanding of the interaction between European settlers and the indigenous peoples of North America;
• An understanding of the evolution of slavery and other forms of unfree labour in colonial North America.
• An understanding of the preconditions of revolution in British North America.

Students will also demonstrate that they can:

• Produce well-argued, well-documented, and properly referenced coursework essays;
• Express clearly ideas in arguments, both oral and written;
• Critically engage with primary and secondary sources, distinguishing between different approaches and types of evidence
• organise their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable.

Assessment Information

The course will demand one 3,000-word essay (week 10) and one take home exam. The essay will make up one-third of the final assessment. The exam will be worth two-thirds of the final assessment.