History

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr Ralph O'Connor

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in programme year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

The written literatures of mediaeval Iceland and Ireland represent the richest body of textual evidence we have for the beliefs and customs of pre-Christian Europe. This course will explore how mediaeval Irish and Icelandic saga-authors presented and imagined the pagan past from a Christian perspective, looking back several centuries into a world which was both familiar and alien, terrible and admirable. Particular attention will be paid to tales of Otherworld voyages, heathen magic and the conversion to Christianity. The historical functions of these narratives in their authors’ own times will be considered, and the question of cultural exchange between these two bodies of narrative will be addressed.

Structure

8 x 2-hour classes

Assessment

Continuous assessment 100% (one 3000-word essay 90%; seminar participation 10%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr D F Smith

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

TBC

Structure

Assessment

3000 word essay - 60%
500 word book review - 20%
Presentation - 10%
Presentation - 10%

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr K Friedrich

Pre-requisites

N/A

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

The course consists of one-to-one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 - 20,000 words.

Structure

4 X 1 hour supervision sessions in total.

Assessment

Continuous Assessment - dissertation (100%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Ms Patricia Clarke

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

This course aims to enable students to analyse simple Latin sentences and stories, make effective use of Latin dictionaries and grammars, and apply their grammatical, lexical and analytical skills to translate simple Latin texts and stories.

Structure

One 1-hour and one 2-hour session per week for 12 weeks

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%) consisting of 2 language exercises (50% each)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr A Mackillop

Pre-requisites

Available only to student in Programme Year 5

Co-requisites

Either HI5053 Introduction to Historical Research.

Notes

Overview

This course will examine the nature of Scottish involvement in the Empire of the East India Company. Making use of extensive, unpublished archival material, issues for consideration include the commercial, military and medical activities of Scots in the East India Company; cultural interaction between Scots and the indigenous population; comparisons with English and Irish activity in the Company; and the impact on Scotland of those who returned from India, highlighting their often controversial involvement in local and national politics and their plans for economic development of their Scottish estates.

Structure

10 x 1.5 hour seminars

Assessment

100% Continuous Assessment: 1 x 2000 word essay (50%); 1 x 500 word book review (15%); 1 x 1000 word primary source review (20%); 1 x 500 word comparative book review (15%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr. William Naphy

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

Either HI5053 Introduction to Historical Research.

Notes

Overview

This course will consider the impact of the importation of ideas about Christianity from the wider Reformed world and their implementation in early modern Scotland. Particular attention will be given to traditional, pre-Reformation practices relating to healing (relics, holy sites, 'magical' cures, etc.), the transitions of life (birth, marriage, death, burial, and commemoration) and wider ideas about 'the world' (the role, place and power of the demonic, angelic and prophetic). Specific areas for examination may include: James VI and his ideas; the North Berwick witch trials; Aberdeenshire witchcraft; feasting & celebrating. Special attention will be given to popular and elite attitudes to traditional practices, superstition, 'latent' Catholicism (and recusancy) and the 'politics' of implementing the Reformation.

Structure

1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 10 weeks

Assessment

100% continuous assessment: 1 x 2500 word pre-circulated seminar paper (50%); 1 x 1200 word pre-circulated response paper (25%); 1 x 500 word comparative review (15%); seminar participation (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor D Dumville and/or Professor J Stevenson

Pre-requisites

Only available to students in Programme Year 5 or above.

Notes

Overview

Weeks 1-5: Theory and methods of palaeography
Weeks 6-10: Transcription of a series of script-specimens, with weekly homework exercises

Structure

8 two-hour classes per week.

Assessment

20% coursework (2 x transcription exercises); 80% 3000 word essay

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Alastair Macdonald

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

Students will participate in semininars with medievalists currently working in different disciplines within the Schools of History, Divinity & Philosophy and Language and Literature. In each seminar a member of staff will introduce a piece of their own work (that has been pre-circulated), explain the way in which it was developed, the theoretical and methodological techniques applied, the kinds of sources used, and its relationship to more general interpretative traditions. The presenter will then invite students to discuss and critique the work as a group. In this way, students will gain first-hand experience of the writing of different kinds of medieval scholarship.

Structure

8 X 2 hour seminars

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (100%: 1 x 3,000 word essay (75%); 1 x 1000 word source criticism (25%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Karin Friedrich

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

This course introduces level 5 students (both taught MLitt and research students) to the opportunities for historical research in Aberdeen, conventions of historical work, IT, bibliographical tools, text preparation, access to sources, databases and libraries, and prepares them for their own work on their dissertation and archival research. The core of the course is built around contact with several historians and archivists, who introduce students to techniques, tools, and approaches which they can then apply to their own special period, subject area and types of history. Several sessions will concentrate on interdisciplinary approaches which can be profitably combined with historical work, the use of visual sources, useful hints about weights, measures and calendars, the role of material culture and museums, electronic aids and the art of bibliographic construction. Students will learn from each other in groups sessions with presentations and specialist advice on their topics

Structure

8 x two-hour seminars

Assessment

100% continuous assessment: 1 x 1000 word comparative review of two articles (20%); 1 x 800 word editorial project (20%); 1 x 2500 word essay (60%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Karin Friedrich and Dr Michael Brown

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

HI5053 Introduction to Historical Research or CU5004 Approaches to Culture

Notes

Overview

This course examines the emergence and the variations of Enlightenment thinking in Scotland and Central Europe (with particular emphasis on the German and East Central European Enlightenment, to which the Scottish Enlightenment had strong historical links). It emphasises the varieties of the European Enlightenment, against the traditional assumption that the Enlightenment was exclusively 'located' in France. It looks at the definition and the shaping of Enlightenment thought and practice (learned societies, reading clubs, social reform movements, education, freemasonry etc) at the 'peripheries' of an allegedly French-dominated Enlightenment culture (recently re-affirmed by Robert Darnton) by comparing and contrasting various theoretical and practical strands. It invites students to think critically about historiographical debates and to develop skills in using, speaking and writing about theoretical concepts in a clear, comprehensible manner. Seminar topics will focus on major figures and personalities of the Scottish and European Enlightenment, on 'The Catholic Enlightenment', on Enlightenment in practice, 'Enlightenment as Secularisation?', and other themes.

Structure

8 x 2-hour classes

Assessment

100% Continuous Assessment: 1 x 2500 word essay (60%); 1 x 1500 word comparative review (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Karen Bek-Pedersen.

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

Content: This course will provide students with an introduction to, overview of, and engagement with, the key methods and generic, transferable, and foundational skills necessary to conduct research at a graduate level in Scandinavian Studies; specialised ‘themed’ work on different chronological periods targeted at the student’s area of interest; presentational skills; editing and writing.

Structure

10 x 1.5 hour seminars

Assessment

100% continuous assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (75%); 1 x 1000 word report on research-related activity (25%). Plus literature review (1000 words).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Tarrin Wills

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in programme year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

Old Norse is the direct ancestor of modern Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic and Faroese. It was the lingua franca of Viking-Age Scandinavia, and had a lasting impact on the development of the English language. It was also the primary literary language of the Scandinavian Middle Ages, notably the Icelandic sagas and skaldic and eddic poems. It is, hence, the gateway to a fuller understanding of mediaeval Scandinavia, the “Latin” of the North. This course will provide the basic linguistic tools needed to read Old Norse texts, and some background about the history of the language and its links with other languages. No prior knowledge of Old Norse is assumed.
Mediaeval Scandinavia’s most enduring contribution to world literature is represented by the Icelandic prose sagas and eddic poems. Terse, dramatic and brilliantly imaginative, the sagas tell stirring stories of legendary warriors, the kings of Norway, and events of the Viking Age including the settlement of Iceland and other migrations. The eddic poems, some of which may have been composed in the pre-Christian period, hark back to an earlier age of mythological and legendary history, recounting the Norse creation-myth an heroic exploits. Focusing on key texts in English translation, this course will introduce these various genres; no prior knowledge is assumed. It will also introduce the third major Old Norse literary form, skaldic verse, whose intricate patterns of mythological imagery conceal information about key events in the Viking Age.

Structure

10 x 1.5-hour seminars

Assessment

Continuous assessment 100%: in-class language test 1 (5%); in-class language test 2 (5%); in-class language test 3 (10%); 1 x 3000 word essay (80%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Gregory Smithers

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

HI5053: Introduction to Historical Research.

Notes

Overview

This course explores why Europeans colonized North America and how Native American peoples responded to different forms of colonialism. The focus of this course will be on: the rationale and types of colonialism in North America; encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples; the meaning of a 'middle ground'; missionaries and Indians; Indian slavery; removal and resistance; the question of genocide; assimilation and acculturation.

Structure

Ten 1.5-hour seminars (to be arranged).

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%) - 1 x 3,500 word essay (85%), 1 x 500 word book review (15%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Andrew Dilley

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

HI5053: Introduction to Historical Research.

Notes

Overview

Through the course, students will focus on a number of key debates or approaches. Each session will focus on a key author, or set of authors. Possible sessions include: 'classical' theories of imperialism, the imperialism of free trade, gentlemanly captialism, orientalism, subaltern studies, new imperial history, agency and resistance, post-colonial theory, and the 'British World'. Normally focusing on particular authors, the emphasis will be on understanding and critiquing the key concepts within each approach, comparing and contrasting these approaches, and considering how they may be applied in practice.

Structure

Ten 1.5-hour seminars.

Assessment

100% Continuous assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (75%); 1 x 1000 word book review (25%). Plus 2 x book reviews.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Karen Bek-Pedersen

Pre-requisites

None.

Notes

Overview

What is 'Old Norse Mythology'? this course intriduces students to a range of methodologies and sources through which Vikingg Religion and Mythology can be analysed, focusing primarily on the early medieval manuscript sources. The specific challenges associated with each topic will be discussed, as will the benefits and limitations of particular forms of evidence and the approaches they call for.

Structure

10 1.5-hour seminars.

Assessment

100% Continuous assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (80%); presentation (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Jackson Armstrong

Pre-requisites

None.

Notes

Overview

To develop advanced research skills through historical analysis of the nature and exercise lordship, the judicial system, and mechanisms of conflict management in late medieval Scotland, by the evaluation of scholarly debates and the critical examination of primary sources.

The course will contain debate over the extent and role of violent feuding among the nobility, and the relationship between the crown and its magnates, has been fundamental to a generation of scholarship on late medieval Scotland. Focusing especially on the fifteenth century, this course explores the nature and exercise of lordship, changes in and uses of the judicial system, and diverse mechanisms of conflict management, all of which shaped the governance of the realm. evaluating evidence such as bonds of manrent, arbitration and marriage contracts, legal and parliamentary records, and chronicles, the course will examine the roles of law, violence and peacemaking in structuring society. Students will be encouraged to assess the strengths and limits of the existing framework of historical analysis.

Structure

8 two-hour seminars.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%): 1 x 3000 word essay (75%); 1 x 1000 word seminar paper (25%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Thomas Weber

Pre-requisites

None.

Overview

This course looks at the historical political transformation process towards democracy from the age of the French and American revolutions to the present. Its approach is both comparative and global and it is based on the reading and discussion of classic and modern works. It introduces students to key theories of democratization and tests them against the historical reality.
Weekly sessions will revolve around themes related to these questions: Why did democracy (re-)emerge as such a successful political ideology in the 18th and 19th c. in the West? Why have political regimes changed over time? How did the West, and then 'the rest' democratize? Have industrialization and modernization been the engines of democratization? What have been the social origins of democratization? Through what institutions have democratization been brought about? How do we account for the fact that democratization has sometimes been generated by revolutionary change and other times through a gradual process of reform? How has the process of diffusion of democratization worked? In other words, how has the 'third wave' of democratization learned the lessons of the two previous waves? Is the claim that democracies do not go to war with each other supported by the historical facts? How do we account for the crisis of liberal democracy in the period of the two world wars? What are the parallels of the fall of democracy in Germany and Brazil? What explains the uneven history of democracy within Europe and North America and within the developing world? What has been the relationship between democratization, state building, public policy, and imperialism in the extra-European world? Have Wilsonian ideas provided stability or instability in Europe and the developing world? What has been the link between democratization and humanitarian interventionism? Is there now a global competition between two versions of a modern political economy, one liberal and democratic and the other authoritarian? Is Francis Fukuyama's End of History nigh? The course concludes with a discussion of what the start of the art of political history now is and asks why so much political history has recently been practiced by scholars from disciplines other than history?

Structure

8 two-hour seminars (to be arranged).

Assessment

100% continuous assessment: 1 x 2500 word essay (60%); 3 x 500 word response papers to weekly readings (10% each); seminar participation (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Caroline Erskine

Pre-requisites

None.

Overview

The purpose of this module is to explore the significance of the Reformation in reshaping the ways in which Protestant Scots, Englishmen and Irishmen perceived themselves, and the extent to which such self-definitions promoted or challenged ideas of British religious unity and integration. It spans the period from the Reformations of the sixteenth century to the partial consolidation of a British Protestant stage in the eighteenth century. Central themes will include the impact of religious identities upon political ideas and developments, and the Stuart monarchy as a force for integration, or the provocation of conflict, over three centuries.

Structure

10 x 1.5-hour seminars (to be arranged).

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%): 1 x 3000 word essay (70%); 1 x 1000 word seminar paper (30%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Marjorie Harper

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

HI5053 Introduction to Historical Research

Notes

Overview

Between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries migrants from Ireland and Scotland settled in a range of different environments in Europe, North America, Australasia, India, South Africa and South America. This course will examine the history of Irish and Scottish overseas settlement in a broad comparative context, providing the opportunity to explore the multiplicity and complexity of the emigrant experience. Theories of ethnicity, diaspora and nationalism will assist in determining whether, and under what conditions, those of Irish and Scottish origin came to see themselves as part of an ethnic “diaspora”. This will lead into a consideration of whether Irish and Scottish overseas communities shared similar experiences of modernity, empire and migration, or whether their experiences were fundamentally different.

Structure

10 x 1.5-hour seminars

Assessment

100% Continuous assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (70%); 2 x 500 word book reviews (10% each); seminar participation (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor Michael Gelting

Pre-requisites

Programme Year 5 or above

Overview

Using recent research on the Empire of Cnut as a case study, the course introduces students to current notions of the nature and exercise of power in medieval Europe, with particular reference to the influence of anthropological models on these notions. The implications of these notions for traditional views of the process of integration of the Scandinavian countries into Western Christendom will be explored. The specific challenges associated with studying the topic by comparison between relatively richly documented England and poorly documented Scandinavia will be addressed, as well as the benefits and limitations of different forms of evidence (including numismatic and archaeological evidence) and the approaches they call for.

Structure

8 two-hour seminars (to be arranged)

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (100 %): 1 x 3000-word essay (75%); 1 x 1000-word book review (25%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor T Bartlett

Pre-requisites

Programme Year 5 or above

Overview

The purpose of this module is to investigate the rich writing and research that has been done on early modern Ireland in the last thirty years, and to put them in the context of other writing in early modern Atlantic world. In addition, the module will review the earlier literature on the major problems of this period and demonstrate how or whether that still shapes current understanding of the historical processes at work.

Structure

8 two-hour seminars (to be arranged)

Assessment

1 two-hour written examination (60 per cent); continuous assessment (1500 word seminar paper - 40 per cent)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Marjory Harper

Pre-requisites

Programme Year 5 or above

Overview

The course begins with a discussion of sources, with particular references to historiographical debates about diaspora and the strengths and weaknesses of letters, memoirs and oral testimony. It goes on to examine the origins of European settlement in New Zealand, notably through the activities of the New Zealand Company. Subsequent seminars examine themes such as the role of recruitment agents, the transitional experience of the voyage, the impact of gold fever, the challenges of pioneering, and the significance of various manifestations of State-subsidised emigration in the twentieth century. Attention is also paid to significant areas of recruitment, including Orkney and Shetland, to representations of Scottish national and regional identity in locations such as Otago and Waipu, and to return migration. The study of oral testimony forms an integral part of the course, alongside emigrants’ letters and diaries.

Structure

10 x 90-minute seminars

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (100 %): 1 x 3000-word essay (70%); 1 x 1000-word book review (20%); seminar participation (10%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Frederik Pedersen

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 5.

Overview

Through a study of the development of ecclesiastical courts, placing the development of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the wider frame of Western society, analysis will be made of the role of the bishop and the development of officials who assisted him in the care of his diocese and in the dispensation of justice. An integral part of this process will be an investigation of the limits to ecclesiastical justice. The course will also discuss the role of procedure in the conduct of cases before ecclesastical courts and matters with which these courts dealt, with special emphasis on England.

Structure

150 learning hours including 8 x 2h seminars

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%) - one 3000 word essay (75%), one 1500 word seminar paper and accompanying powerpoint presentation (minimum 15 slides) (25%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Tony Heywood

Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

Either HI5053 Introduction to Historical Research.

Notes

Overview

Why did the Russian empire succumb to revolution in 1917? This fundamental question of twentieth-century history is explored through analysis of key debates concerning the empire's final crisis. The course makes particular reference to the impacts of the 1905 revolution and the First World War. It encompasses foreign policy as well as the domestic situation, and includes extended discussion of selected prominent individuals such as Tsar Nicholas II and Petr Stolypin (Prime Minister, 1906-11)

Structure

8 x 2-hour seminars

Assessment

100% Continuous Assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (70%); 2 x 500 word book review (30%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Tom Nichols and Dr Andrew Gordon

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in programme year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

This course will provide students with an introduction to, overview of, and engagement with, the key skills necessary to conduct historical research at a graduate level. In particular the course will focus on certain specific issues especially relevant for writing generally and dissertation preparation specifically: historiography; source-handling; analysis; construction of arguments; synthesis of ideas.

Structure

6 x 2-hour seminars

Assessment

Continuous assessment 100%.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Frederick Pedersen

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

This course is intended for students with a knowledge of basic Latin grammar and vocabulary. The courses introduces the student to reading, understanding and translating simple medieval and classical Latin texts. The course will take the form of a series of lectures, seminars and tutorials in which we read and discuss Latin texts chosen to illustrate the use of grammar and the importance of grammatical analysis in the study of Latin. In addition to grammatical and syntactical analysis, students will be invited to contemplate the difference between medieval and classical Latin.

Structure

4 hours per week for 7.5 or 8 weeks.

Assessment

Exam (100%) - 1 three-hour written exam

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Ben Marsden and Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 5 or above.

Overview

This course will provide students with an introduction to, overview of, and engagement with, the key skills necessary to conduct research at a graduate level in the history and philosophy of science. In particular the course will focus on specific issues especially relevant for writing generally and dissertation preparation specifically: historiography; source-handling; analysis; construction of arguments; synthesis of ideas.

Structure

8 x 2-hour seminars.

Assessment

100% Continuous Assessment: 1 x 1000 word initial topic proposal (30%); 1 x 1500 word methodoligical or historiographic review (35%); 1 x 1500 word dissertation outline (35%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Tarrin Wills / Professor Stefan Brink

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 5

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

This course provides students with a basic knowledge of two sources that are very important for early Scandinavia, namely the runes and the place names. They are important because we more or less lack written sources. Students will gain a basic insight into runology and toponymy, and will be presented with the latest positions in research in these fields.

Structure

10 x 1.5-hour classes

Assessment

Database and source exercise (25%); 3000 word essay or edition of an inscription/study of a place name - 2000 words (75%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr A.J. Heywood

Pre-requisites

Programme Year 5 or above

Overview

This course will provide students will an introduction to, overview of, and engagement with, the key skills necessary to conduct historical research at a graduate level. In particular the course will focus on certain specific issues especially relevant for writing generally and dissertation preparation specifically: core expectations for a level 5 dissertation; formulation of the research question; assessments of the relevant literature and methodological issues; planning of the dissertation research and writing.

Structure

6 x 2-hour seminars, plus 4 individual 1-hour meetings with the respective dissertation supervisor

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (100 %):
1x dissertation review 600 words (15%)
1 x initial topic proposal 600 words (15%)
1 x literature and methodological review 1500 words (40%)
1 x final outline of proposed dissertation 1000 words (30%)

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr K Friedrich

Pre-requisites

Either, for historical studies: HI5001 Introduction to Historical Research; HI55xx Research Preparation in Historical Studies
Or, for language and linguistic studies: EL5053 Methods of Language Research I; EL5556 Methods of Language Research II
Or, for literary studies: EL5572 Investigating Literature.

Co-requisites

HI5579 Scandinavian Studies I: Sources and Source Criticism

Overview

The course consists of one-to-one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Structure

4 X 1 hour supervision sessions in total.

Assessment

Continuous Assessment - 100%: dissertation (100%)

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr Ben Marsden

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 5 or above.

Overview

The course consists of one-to-one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Structure

Four 1-hour supervisions.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%) - 15,000 word dissertation.

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr K Friedrich

Pre-requisites

Either, for historical studies: HI55xx Research Preparation in Historical Studies
Or, for literary studies: EL5572 Investigating Literature
Or, for art historical studies: HA5001 Research Skills for Art Historians; HA5902 History of Art Dissertation I: Sources and source criticism

Co-requisites

HI5529 Medieval Studies Dissertation I: Sources and Source Criticism

Overview

The course consists of one-to-one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Structure

4 X 1 hour supervision sessions in total.

Assessment

Continuous Assessment - dissertation (100%)

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr K Friedrich

Pre-requisites

Either, for historical studies: HI5001 Introduction to Historical Research; HI55xx Research Preparation in Historical Studies
Or, for literary studies: EL5572 Investigating Literature
Or, for art historical studies: HA5001 Research Skills for Art Historians; HA5902 History of Art Dissertation I: Sources and source criticism.

Co-requisites

HI5567 Researching in the Early Modern

Overview

The course consists of one-to-one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Structure

4 x 1 hour supervision sessions in total

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%) -dissertation

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr K Friedrich

Pre-requisites

HI5001 Introduction to Historical Research
HI55xx Research Preparation in Historical Studies

Co-requisites

HI5568 Researching in Modern History

Overview

The course consists of one to one supervision with a member of staff. Students will be expected to produce a dissertation of 15,000 words.

Structure

Assessment

Continuous assessment 100%(Dissertation - 100%)