Postgraduate Course: A Topic In Ancient History 1 (Online) (PGHC11578)
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) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to introduce students to the study of a particular topic in Ancient History, focussing especially on methodological and source-oriented issues. The topic is chosen by the Courser Organiser for each outing of the course. |
| Course description |
The core aim of the course is to teach students how to approach the study of a defined topic, how to access the relevant sources and the modern debate, and how to identify important questions and understudied areas within the study of the relevant topic. The defined topic will be determined by the Course Organiser in a given year. Students will learn how the studied topic relates to other areas of ancient and sometimes modern history, as well as the study of the ancient world more generally. Specific thematic information for each outing of this course will be provided during the course selection process.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics, History or Archaeology (at least 1 of which should be in Classics or Ancient History) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course ** |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify and analyse a range of evidence for the study of the course topic (e.g. literary, archaeological, epigraphic, papyrological)
- engage critically with different modern approaches to the study of the course topic
- reflect upon the topic's interrelatedness with the study of other topics in ancient history
- conduct a sustained individual inquiry into a particular aspect of the course topic
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Reading List
| There is no predetermined reading list because the bibliography will change with each outing of the course depending on the chosen course topic. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Assimilate, process and communicate a wide range of information from a variety of sources.
- Process and critically assess information derived from historical research, utilising theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills specific to the subject area.
- Provide clear written and oral analyses based on historical information.
- Master practical skills in accessing and interpreting historical sources.
- Construct and pursue a coherent argument driven by analysis of the primary source material.
- Analyse, assimilate and deploy critically a range of secondary literature relevant and essential to the student's individual research subject. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | |
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