Postgraduate Course: Core Topics in First Millennium Studies (PGHC11222)
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 | The course provides a critical overview of key areas of scholarly attention and debate of general interest to students of the first millennium. It is taught by a team of scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds, based both within and outwith History and Classics. |
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
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The principal aim of the Module is to familiarise students with a representative sample of central topics and scholarly debates at the heart of first millennium studies, whatever particular context one cares to study, and to evaluate these topics in terms of what they reveal both about the past and about trends in scholarship.
Completing this Module will also provide opportunities to:
? develop an awareness of the importance of critical perspectives in handling secondary scholarship and its power to shape perspectives on the past
? develop an awareness of the current state of play in first millennium studies, and aspects of future directions in studying the period (which might lead to individual research topics)
? improve existing skills in oral presentation, participating in productive seminar discussion, and producing balanced and readable written discussions of complex issues |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 3000 words, counting as 100% of the final course mark. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tom Brown
Tel: (0131 6)50 3761
Email: T.S.Brown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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