Postgraduate Course: A Period of Ancient History 2 (PGHC11315)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course focuses on a single period of Ancient History: this will be studied with close attention to the sources available, and the range of possible methodologies and approaches. The intention is that students will deepen their knowledge of Ancient History, at an advanced level, and will be given exposure to a range of sources and approaches which they can make use of in their own future work in Ancient History. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the course successfully will be able by the end of the course to demonstrate in course work and seminar discussion:
- knowledge and understanding of the period studied.
- knowledge and understanding of the variety of historical sources from the period studied.
- understanding of a variety of approaches to Ancient History, and how these approaches interact.
- bibliographic research skills, including the ability to find and make use of relevant works on the period, including appropriate works in other modern languages.
- the transferable skill of how to acquire a rounded understanding of a period which is not necessarily familiar.
- the transferable skill of how to acquire a rounded understanding of a period which is not necessarily familiar to them. |
Assessment Information
| This course will normally be assessed by means of (1) an essay in the range of 3000-3500 words for 50%, topic to be chosen in consulatation with the instructor,(2)an examination with no aids allowed to be written under the supervision of the instructor for 20%, and (3)class participation for 30%. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | AncientHistory2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Timothy Barnes
Tel:
Email: tbarnes2@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Amanda Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: amanda.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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