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

Postgraduate Course: Contemporary Scotland (PGHC11111)

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 http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/courses/ Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is designed to provide historical context for contemporary issues in Scottish politics society and the economy. Students will have an opportunity to study the historical background to devolution, demographic changes, issues such as housing and the land question as well as more general questions of Scottish national identity and the place of Scotland in the United Kingdom as we mark 300 hundred years of Anglo-Scottish union. This is an area where there is a rapidly developing literature and exciting opportunities for research projects utilising Edinburgh's unrivalled library and archival resources.
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
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Through completion of the course students will have gained knowledge and understanding of the this period of Scottish history and will have had some experience of the following skills: critical reading of primary and secondary sources; completion of independent research leading to seminar presentation and submission of written work to a required standard; participation in group seminar work and an appreciation of the responsibility to other members of the group.
Assessment Information
4000 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
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ewen Cameron
Tel: (0131 6)50 4031
Email: E.Cameron@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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