History in Theory (U04040)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-HiT

This is a core course for all students specialising in the histories in the first semester of the third year. Its purpose is to complement the existing options with an overarching theoretical component, introducing them to a range of historical methodologies and themes, and enabling students to reflect conceptually on their more applied historical pursuits. The course will be taught, firstly, in a series of eleven lectures, delivered twice a week, throughout the first half of the semester. This will provide students with an overview of central issues and disciplinary approaches in history, such as the notion of objectivity, the role of economics, gender, and post-modernism. In addition to the lectures students will choose a pathway, which will consist of two seminars taught in weeks 8 and 10 of the semester.

? Keywords : historical methodology; core historical themes; objectivity; economics and history; social history; gender; new cultural history; new political history; intellectual history; memory and history; empire and post-colonialism; post-modernism

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course or equivalent and a pass in any second level historical course or equivalent. Students on programmes, for which this course is not seeded, are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Course (History, Classics and Archaeology), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Other subject areas

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

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

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

Economic and Social History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
23/09/2008	10:00	10:50	Lecture Theatre, George Square Theatre	Central

? Additional Class Information : The course will be taught by means of a) 11 lectures, delivered twice a week in the first half of the semester, and b) one pathway, selected from a range of options, relating to the lectures and consisting of 2 two-hour seminars each in wks 8 and 10.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course students will be able to:
? show an understanding of the variety and range of historical subdisciplines.
? display a familiarity with central theoretical approaches and issues in current historiography.
? show a general awareness of the roles of concepts, theories and grand narratives in historical literature.
? demonstrate an ability to understand more deeply the central debates and questions of one particular methodology/theme