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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Edinburgh Archives and Sources (PGHC11164)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaPostgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe aim of this survey course is to introduce Masters students to some of the principal categories of source material utilised by historians of culture and society in early modern Britain. Each week of the course will focus upon a different class of document or type of record and will be concerned to explore its characteristics and nature, as well as its potential and limitations for researchers. The course is especially designed to acquaint students with the extensive library and archival resources available in Edinburgh and to provide an introduction to some of their rich manuscript holdings. As a result, each session will be based, as far as possible, upon a particular research collection in a different repository.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 14, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- A knowledge of the principal libraries and archives in Edinburgh and their particular strengths and weaknesses in the study of early modern British History.
- A knowledge of how to utilise specialist archives and major research libraries in the pursuit of historical research.
- An awareness of the many different categories of primary source material, both in manuscript and print, available to historians of early modern Britian.
- A critical approach to the use of primary sources.
- An ability to produce a sustained piece of written work which utilises a particular primary source, or body of primary sources, drawn from an Edinburgh repository, in the answering of a specific reasearch question.
Assessment Information
Completion of one 3000 word essay.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsC&SinEarlyModBritain Culture Society Early Modern Britain
Contacts
Course organiserDr Adam Fox
Tel: (0131 6)50 3835
Email: Adam.Fox@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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