Postgraduate Course: History PhD Dissertation Workshop (PGHC11337)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This workshop provides first-year history PhD students with the opportunity to reflect on and develop writing as a process, and then to offer research-in-progress papers to an audience largely composed of peers. In doing so they will test how effectively they are communicating their research findings in written form; to learn how to respond effectively to feedback; and to offer constructive feedback on the work of others. |
| Course description |
At the outset, each student will decide on a piece of writing they want to develop over the course of the term. Most of the weekly sessions will then focus on an aspect of the writing process, such as conducting a literature review, working out the structure of a piece of writing, using primary sources, developing a clear and persuasive argument, or editing a draft. The last two or three sessions (depending on student numbers) will take the form of symposia in which each student circulates the piece of writing they have been working on, presents it to the other students, and receives feedback on it from all the students in the workshop.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning in the field of their doctoral research
- Demonstrate an ability to analyse and reflect critically upon scholarship concerning their chosen field of research, as well as relevant primary source materials and conceptual discussions
- Demonstrate in an ability to understand and apply specialised research or professional skills, techniques and practices considered in their chosen field of research
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and sustain original scholarly arguments in oral and written by independently formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence
- Demonstrate in seminar discussions, their written submission, and their presentations originality and independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | PhD Dissertation Workshop History |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Diana Paton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4578
Email: Diana.Paton@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Cristina Roman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4777
Email: Cristina.Roman@ed.ac.uk |
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