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SC5302 Scotland's Pasts: Writing Scotland from the Middle Ages to the Present 2

Academic year(s): 2017-2018

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: To be arranged.

This module is designed to give graduate students a thorough grounding in the history of historical writing in Scotland in a way that introduces them to the range of practical and methodological issues associated with the study of the Scottish past. Following on from SC5301, it focuses on the development of Scottish history as an academic field of study in the twentieth century through a series of specific case studies in modern Scottish historiography. Here particular episodes and issues are used to illuminate recent developments in historical approaches and methods and to familiarise students with the range of literature on some of the most contested aspects of the Scottish past.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisite(s): If not already passed you must take SC5301

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take SC5051

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour seminar classes (x 6 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 12

Guided independent study hours: 189

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework (1 essay) = 1005%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: New coursework: 3,000-word essay