Postgraduate Course: Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences (SCIL11011)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Sociology |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This is a core course in documentary and archival research and is intended to be of particular benefit to those whose research work involves close analysis of archival material. The course is designed to provide a foundation for students wishing to work on documentary sources in a structured analytical way and to use these in carrying out a grounded piece of research. It emphasises the need to do such research in the context of theoretical ideas and issues which direct the practical focus and enable it to address core questions and ideas. With its conceptual and practical focus, the course will provide a foundation for any postgraduate student wishing to work in-depth on documentary sources and gain hands-on skills in doing this in a small-scale but real-world archival research project, in an Edinburgh-based archive, to address key ideas and debates. |
Entry Requirements
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Co-requisites |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Course Aims
This course has four central aims:
&· to introduce students to key concepts, theories and concerns of historical analysis;
&· to provide a grounding in the analytical interrogation of documentary sources;
&· to show how to use these critical techniques in archive-based research;
&· to demonstrate the ways in which archival investigations can illuminate, expand or even overturn theoretical $ùbig ideas&©, and also the boundaries and limitations of using the $ùlocal&© in order to address the general.
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Assessment Information
| Students will be required to carry out and write-up a small-scale archive-based project around a pre-set group of questions designed to guide their investigation, analysis and reporting. The projects will be set up jointly by students and the course tutor to ensure that they are of an appropriate scale and level of feasibility. The paper is to be 3500 to 4000 words in length. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr James Kennedy
Tel: (0131 6)50 4250
Email: j.kennedy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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