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Scottish Coal Miners: Serfdom to Heritage (U04042)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-4-U03972

This 4MA course has as its focus the history of coal mining in Scotland from the seventeenth century to the present day. It will focus particularly on the lives of miners and mine workers, and their families. The chronology allows a close study of the position of colliery workers as "serfs" in the early modern period, and will examine the recent revisionist work on this theme. Other topics examined include the position of women in the mining communities, sport and pastimes in mining communities, social housing and welfare societies, the role of mining in immigration to Scotland, the emigration of miners from Scotland to the New World, trade unionism, and twentieth century issues such as nationalisation, strikes [notably the 1984 strike] and the transformation of mining from a pillar of the Scottish economy to a part of the heritage sector.

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

Scottish 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
Tutorial	Wednesday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who take this course will develop, and demonstrate by means of coursework and examination:
• A close understanding of key political, social, and cultural developments in Scotland since 1707, as seen through the ‘lens’ of the coal mining industry, coal miners and their communities.
• Ability to engage critically with the relevant historiography and with a range of further textual and non-textual sources.
• A range of transferable skills that they have begun to acquire during their previous university study, including the ability to argue effectively about intellectual issues, both orally and in writing.
• The ability to research and write informed and cogent essays.
• The ability to take responsibility for seminar presentations in which they elaborate and defend intellectual positions before other members of the group.
• The ability to work effectively with others in small group settings.

Assessment Information

Students will be required to submit two essays of c.4000 words and sit two two-hour degree exam papers taken at the end of the session in which the course is taught. One exam paper will require comment on documents and the remaining paper will require answers to essay questions. The two essays will count as one-third of the final mark for the course and the two exam papers will count as two-thirds of the final mark for the course. For the purposes of final degree classification this mark will be double weighted.

Exam times

Diet	Diet Month	Paper Code	Paper Name	Length
1ST	May	1	Scottish Coal Miners: Serfdom to Heritage	2 hour(s)
1ST	May	2	Scottish Coal Miners: Serfdom to Heritage	2 hour(s)