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

Postgraduate Course: Frontiers in Archaeology: Research Seminars (PGHC11001)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryA series of 11 seminars, with presentations and group discussions, based on set reading items, dealing mainly with aspects of archaeological practice, methodology and interpretation. The course also involves some practical hands-on sessions (teaching collection, lab and museum visits). There is an emphasis on the analysis of archaeological data (e.g. excavations, surveys, artefacts, ecofacts) and on conceptual building blocks in archaeology (e.g. chronology, time, formation processes, field survey, trade and interaction, artefact analysis), supplemented in some weeks by selected theoretical perspectives (aspects of social archaeology, identity).
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1. Essay, with set questions, 3000 words (due end of semester) (80%)

2. Illustrated short paper, maximum 500 words, based on a seminar paper given in weeks 1-5, using either three or four illustrations/graphic representations in order to convey the main information. (20%). Due by end of week 6.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
The course complements the more explicitly theoretical basis of the MSc/Diploma course, Theoretical Archaeology, and is also intended to ensure that all candidates, regardless of prior knowledge and experience, are well acquainted with the 'nuts and bolts' of archaeological practice and methods. Aside from familiarity with specified themes, the course is designed to help students acquire: an understanding of different kinds of evidence, procedures and methodologies in archaeology and their relevant applications; initiative and the capacity for independent study and research; confidence in discussing and presenting subjects in a group setting.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsFrontiersinArch
Contacts
Course organiserDr Robert Leighton
Tel: (0131 6)50 8197
Email: Robert.Leighton@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk
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