Postgraduate Course: Research Skills and Methods (CLLC11003)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This first-semester course introduces first-year postgraduates in LLC to Edinburgh's extensive range of electronic sources and material archives, training them to recognize the research methodologies that these resources serve so they can generate effective research strategies.
In addition to the three lectures during Week 1, students will attend workshops and undertake bibliographical and reflective assignments that will provide students with the scope and opportunity to produce solid preliminary research on topics that they choose.
Students will complete this course prepared for the discipline-specific methods courses offered by their subject- areas in the second semester.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 6,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 6,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
*Students will learn how to use, acquire, organise and synthesise a number of research technologies, including online resources, databases, archives, manuscripts, hypertext and unpublished documents.
*Students should be able to identify specific technical problems in their area of study, including problems of historical method, archival access, translation and presentation.
*At the end of the course students will be capable of producing a full scholarly bibliography in their area of study; they will also be competent in techniques in the management and presentation of research.
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Assessment Information
Students must achieve at least 40% overall in order to pass the course for a diploma level qualification and 50% for MSc. The course is marked on a pass/fail basis.
In order to pass this course, students must complete three summative assignments:
1. A bibliographic assignment comprising a literature search and an annotated bibliography based on material from programme core courses (up to 2000 words in length). This assignment represents 50% of the assessment for this course and is due by Friday of week 3 of semester 1.
2. A revision of the initial bibliographic assignment drawing on peer review and feedback from course organiser and subject area staff, including a 300-400 word reflection on the revision process (up to an additional 600 words). This assignment represents 25% of the assessment for the course and is due by Friday of week 8 of semester 1.
3. A short structured reflection on at least one workshop attended to be posted to a group blog (up to 600 words). This assignment represents 25% of the assessment for the course and is due by Friday of week 10 of semester 1.
In addition, students are required to engage in two pieces of formative peer review via peer review groups; further instruction will be provided in the Week 1 lectures and the course handbook.
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Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
A Talis Aspire reading list is associated with this course:
http://resourcelists.ed.ac.uk/courses/cllc11003ss1sem1.html. |
Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
Students will attend 3 lectures in week 1 followed by a minimum of 3 workshops between weeks 2 and 8 inclusive. Each workshop will be 1.5 hours long.
Students will sign up for their workshop choice in week 1 (guidance will be provided in the lectures).
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Keywords | RSaM |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Amy Burge
Tel:
Email: Amy.Burge@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk |
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