| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 5 x 2 hour seminars |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x precis (500 words) 25%; 1 x bibliographical exercise (seek guidance from tutor) 25%; 1 x short project (2,000 words) 50% | 100% |
On completion of this module, students should be able to
a) undertake simple but essential bibliographical exercises
b) read secondary historical material with a degree of critical awareness
c) recognise the need to adopt best practice in undertaking research
d) engage with historical debate and offer observation on the relative merits of historical positions
e) represent their engagment with the secondary literature in oral (not assessed) and written (assessed) work
f) reflect critically upon their own historical perspective and anticipate the relevance of acquired skills for further study at degree level
This course is intended to provide students new to the study of history at degree level with some of the more important yet basic `skills' which they will need during the course of their degree. Through a series of seminars, based around selected key texts, students will be introduced to a range of skills, techniques and practical exercises intended to cover fundamental elements not only of undergraduate study but also of historians' practice. Accompanying lectures will complement this skills-based approach and establish, in a broad framework, issues central to the historical endeavour.
This module is at CQFW Level 4