Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 1 x 2 hour introductory seminar 2 x 30 minute tutorials |
| Practical | 80-100 hours of work placement |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Practical Assessment 4,000 word essay based on a specific question relevant to the area of work during the work placement. | 70% |
| Semester Assessment | Semester Assessment 2,000 word analytical diary. A record of the work during the work placement and a critical reflection on work-related skills employed during the placement. | 30% |
Learning Outcomes
Describe and analyse the approach to the conservation and presentation of historical material in the institution where they work during the module.
Discuss and analyse the academic debates surrounding concepts of public history and the representation of the past.
Link various practical experiences with key themes in the use of historical sources in the field relevant to the placement.
Discuss and outline how the period of work experience has enhanced various transferable skills, both oral and written.
Aims
The module will give students the opportunity to undertake a work placement at a leading historical institution, on projects broadly relating to their theme of Masters study. Students will gain an insight into how organisations conserve, catalogue and display historical material, and engage with the public. Students will gain an understanding of the operation and policies of institutions dedicated to the protection and promotion of the material and written past, and a range of issues and debates around `public history? and the ways in which the past is interpreted for public consumption. The module will also enrich the student'r experience of other modules by bringing them into close contact with primary sources and with professionals dedicated to their preservation and interpretation. The module is explicitly designed to promote the development of work-related skills.
Brief description
The module will give students the opportunity to undertake a work placement at a leading historical institution, on projects broadly relating to their theme of Masters study. Students will gain an insight into how organisations conserve, catalogue and display historical material, and engage with the public. Students will gain an understanding of the operation and policies of institutions dedicated to the protection and promotion of the material and written past, and a range of issues and debates around `public history? and the ways in which the past is interpreted for public consumption. The module will also enrich the student'r experience of other modules by bringing them into close contact with primary sources and with professionals dedicated to their preservation and interpretation. The module is explicitly designed to promote the development of work-related skills.
Content
The module will give students the opportunity to undertake a work placement at a leading historical institution, on projects broadly relating to their theme of Masters study. Students will gain an insight into how organisations conserve, catalogue and display historical material, and engage with the public. Students will gain an understanding of the operation and policies of institutions dedicated to the protection and promotion of the material and written past, and a range of issues and debates around `public history? and the ways in which the past is interpreted for public consumption. The module will also enrich the student'r experience of other modules by bringing them into close contact with primary sources and with professionals dedicated to their preservation and interpretation. The module is explicitly designed to promote the development of work-related skills.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Through understanding of statistical and other numerical data as it relates to the topics under review |
| Communication | Through seminar discussion and diary / essay writing. Latter only is formally assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | By reflection on skills employed during the work placement. |
| Information Technology | Through data retrieval exercises for research and cataloguing purposes and word-processing for essay writing purposes. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Through furthering understanding of the opportunities offered in careers relating to public history. |
| Problem solving | By understanding how public historians employ a variety of different methodological approaches towards conserving, recording and presenting historical material. |
| Research skills | By gaining an insight into how historical sources are used by various people and organisations, and by learning how to identify and utilise appropriate sources in the field of public history and utilising that material in their work. |
| Subject Specific Skills | By enhancing understanding of how relevant primary sources are produced, catalogued and preserved. |
| Team work | Through working with public history professionals in the institution where they undertake their placement |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7