Postgraduate Course: Researching Cultures (ARCH11088)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course will introduce students to the materials and expertise required to conduct postgraduate research. It will introduce Edinburgh's extensive range of research resources (print and electronic) as well as archives, special collections and the academic context of the institution (such seminar series, public lectures, postgraduate conferences and journals). It will familiarise the students with skills necessary to embark on their postgraduate research, recognize the research methodologies that these resources serve so they can lead to effective research strategies. The course offers a series of workshops and seminars some focused on specific research skills, others broad in scope to encourage explorations across disciplines, methodologies, and modes of enquiry. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 15,
Formative Assessment Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
126 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Final assessment will comprise a critically-annotated bibliography that surveys material (including visual material and media sources) pertinent to each student's specific research interest, anticipating (but not committing to) the MSc dissertation proposal that will be developed in Semester 2. |
Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
The course will provide students with a general introduction to postgraduate research and will give them the scope and opportunity to produce solid preliminary research on topics that they choose.
On successful completion of the course students will be able to
- apply research skills and methodologies of interdisciplinary research to developing their specific topic of interest
- make use of and evaluate a variety of research tools
- address issues of copyright, confidentiality, data protection and other ethical issues
- communicate with colleagues about their research.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Ella Chmielewska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3736
Email: Ella.Chmielewska@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk |
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