Postgraduate Course: Research Skills and Methods in Chinese Studies (ASST11081)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
In addition to the three lectures during Week 1, students will attend workshops and undertake bibliographical assignments that will provide students with the scope and opportunity to produce solid preliminary research on topics that they choose. Students will be given guidance on Chinese reference formatting and library resources.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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:
- use, acquire, organise and synthesise a number of research technologies, including online resources, databases, archives, manuscripts, hypertext and unpublished documents.
- identify specific technical problems in their area of study, including problems of historical method, archival access, translation and presentation.
- produce a full scholarly bibliography in their area of study; they will also be competent in techniques in the management and presentation of research, including thesis preparation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | RMiCS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Christopher Rosenmeier
Tel:
Email: christopher.rosenmeier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Alan.Binnie@ed.ac.uk |
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