Time, Space, Settlement (P02735)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-TSS

This forms the last in a series of three courses designed to supply students with study and research skills required for the programme. This unit involves the critical use of two readily available on line sources to enhance the understanding of aspects of the historical development of a selected landscape.

These sources are

http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp [Old and New Statistical Account of Scotland]

www.nls.uk/maps [National Library of Scotland on line map collection including Ordnance Survey Town Plans, 18th century Military Survey, Pont’s 16th century maps]

The student will be expected to use one other locally available source.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Additional Class Information : Delivered by e-based distance learning

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

(a) Knowledge and understanding:
-analysis of key sources for understanding a specific landscape

(b) Intellectual skills:
• critical evaluation of sources
• presentation of conclusions