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

Postgraduate Course: Academic Practice and Methods (PGHC11289)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaPostgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is designed to develop both your study skills and your historical research skills. This course also involves familiarisation with digital resources central to the programme, based on the Edinburgh University Library's collection of e-reference and subscription materials. Intensive use of these resources forms a key feature of the programme; you will be expected to explore maps, plans, data, contemporary accounts, images, and historical documents available in major public digital collections provided by the National Library of Scotland, National Archives, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments, National Portrait Gallery, other Scottish museums and collections, as well as a number of digital resources nationally and locally available.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
a) Knowledge and understanding:
- familiarisation with a particular area of scholarship

(b) Intellectual skills:
- understanding the historiography of the topic studied
- assembling arguments and ideas to present as an argument
(c) Practical skills
- practise bringing ideas and evidence together in a logical argument
- demonstrate knowledge of academic conventions regarding references, primary and secondary materials, and associated presentational skills
Assessment Information
One 2000 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 Richard Rodger
Tel:
Email: Richard.Rodger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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