Undergraduate Course: Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Research (HIST10502)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
| Course type | Year Abroad |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | During Semester 2 of the third year abroad while studying for these combined degrees, students will write one essay under the supervision of a member of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. This will be a research based assessment, and students are expected to use primary sources. Materials for the essay will be available online. |
| Course description |
For students who choose the research based year abroad essay (worth 20 credit points) in Semester 2. This is one of two courses that students are expected to do in their third year for History. They will help students develop the analytical skills that they have acquired in the previous two years of study.
Students who wish to take pre-approved history courses at their host university in place of this course, should contact the teaching office to enrol on the following course:
Year abroad work for degrees in languages and history: Courses undertaken in host university (Semester 2).
|
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
Quota: 41 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
193 )
|
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework:
5000-word essay (100%) |
| Feedback |
Students correspond with their essay supervisor whilst abroad to discuss progress and receive feedback. Written feedback on the final submitted essay is made available to students. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship;
- understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material;
- develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence;
- demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others
|
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Megan Hunt
Tel: (0131 6)50 9110
Email: Megan.Hunt@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Katherine Perry
Tel:
Email: kperry2@ed.ac.uk |
|
|
University Homepage