Postgraduate Course: Historical Methodology (PGHC11091)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to provide an overview of the methodologies and historiographic traditions characteristic of the discipline of history. Sessions will focus on the different types of sources, methodologies, categories of analysis, and fields of enquiry employed by historians as they study the past. Teaching is based on the close reading and discussion of pre-circulated research papers by members of the School of History and Classics. The members of the seminar will discuss the week's paper - paying particular attention to the use of sources and methodology - with its author. It is intended that exposure to the research of a wide range of members of the School of History and Classics will make students aware of the rich variety of methodological approaches that characterise the study of history.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| 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
The main aim of this course is to provide new MSc and first-year PhD history students from across the School of History and Classics with an introduction to sources, approaches and methodologies of historical study. In so doing, this course seeks to:
- Develop an awareness of historiographical issues and their importance for contextualizing research.
- Develop an awareness of the interaction between sources and historical interpretation.
- Develop an awareness of how different types of sources can be combined to address specific historiographical problems.
- Enhance candidates' ability to deal with some practical issues of historiography and historical research at a post-graduate level including problems of effective academic writing.
- Encourage a critical understanding of different historical methodologies and historiographic traditions.
-Enable students to engage with the wider debates of in the field of historical study.
- Encourage post-graduate students to seek a sound theoretical and epistemological foundation for their own work within the field.
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Assessment Information
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Budd
Tel: (0131 6)51 3761
Email: adam.budd@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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