Postgraduate Course: Approaches to Gender History (PGHC11209)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 module introduces students to the significance and methodologies of gender history in a variety of contexts and time periods. Particular attention will be paid to how gender histories have advanced knowledge and understanding of life stages and rites of passage, the body and sexuality, religion and belief, status and consumption, work, colonialism and national identities, life-writing, and the nature of subversions and transgressions. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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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,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay of 3000 words. |
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Learning Outcomes
| Students will acquire a knowledge of the different methodologies and approaches to gender history, and how evolving gender discourses and practices, have been affected by, and contributed to, political, social, economic and cultural transformations. They will learn how to assess historiographical debate and controversy, and its relevance to the study of gender history. They will improve their written, oral and analytical skills, and learn how to work as members of a team.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | AppsToGenHist Approaches Gender History |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Louise Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3837
Email: Louise.Jackson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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