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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Centre for Open Learning : History, Classics and Archaeology

Undergraduate Course: A History of Edinburgh from Earliest Times to 1914 (LLLE07012)

Course Outline
SchoolCentre for Open Learning CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis is a for-credit course offered by the Centre for Open Learning (COL); only students registered with COL should be enrolled.

A survey of the main economic, social and cultural issues that shaped Edinburgh's history. From Stone Age fortress through Auld Reekie to World Heritage site, the Old and New Towns, and the lives of their residents, can be explored and appreciated anew.
Course description Content of course
1. Introduction
2. Fortress and Town: The First Settlement of Edinburgh
3. Royal Burgh, Trade and Commerce: Life in Medieval Edinburgh
4. Becoming the Capital of Scotland: Edinburgh in the 15th and 16th Centuries
5. Reformation, Revolution and Union: Edinburgh from 1560 to 1707
6. How the Burgh was run: The Town Council of Edinburgh
7. The Age of Enlightenment and Improvement, 1707-1789
8. The Age of Revolutions, 1789 - 1833
9. Victorian and Edwardian Edinburgh
10. Course Review
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. By the end of the demonstrate an insight into the social, economic and cultural aspects of Edinburgh's history in a general survey course;
  2. assess and appreciate the role of Edinburgh within Scottish history over a long period;
  3. demonstrate an ability to deal critically with primary and secondary sources.
Reading List
Essential
Daiches, D. 1978. Edinburgh. London: Hamish Hamilton
Dennison, E.P., 2005. Holyrood and Canongate: A Thousand Years of History. Edinburgh: Penguin
Smout, T. C., 1969. A History of Scottish People1560-1830. London: Collins
Smout, T. C., 1986. A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950. London: Collins
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This is a for-credit course offered by the Centre for Open Learning (COL); only students registered with COL should be enrolled.
KeywordsZZoll
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sally Crumplin
Tel:
Email: Sally.Crumplin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Benjamin McNab
Tel: (0131 6)51 4832
Email: Benjamin.Mcnab@ed.ac.uk
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