Undergraduate Course: The Age of Jefferson: Republicanism in the United States, c.1776-1826 (HIST10154)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | History |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course seeks to contextualise and explain the emergence of republicanism in eighteenth-century America through the study of Thomas Jefferson's life and his substantial documentary legacy. It will consider Jefferson's role as a republican theorist, partisan political leader, and as a state governor, Secretary of State, Vice President, President of the United States. It will examine the origins, limits and achievements of republican government in early America. Although students will focus on the career and writings of Thomas Jefferson, the course is intended to introduce students to the major concerns and questions - political, ideological, and social - which shaped Jefferson's world and his various contributions to it. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | A pass in 40 credits of third level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503783). |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who take the course should build upon the skills they have acquired in their previous three years of study to improve their awareness of the nature and use of various types of historical evidence; demonstrate the nature of history as argument by focusing on the debates between historians on key issues; increase their skills in research, writing and presentation of papers, increase their organisational, critical and communication skills. Students will be expected to read widely on designated topics and themes in the history of the period. This course will help students to develop their skills in research and writing and the presentation of papers.
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Assessment Information
Two essays of about 3000 words each (one third of overall assessment); two two-hour examination papers (two-thirds of overall assessment).
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Frank Cogliano
Tel: (0131 6)50 3774
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Course secretary | Ms Marie-Therese Rafferty
Tel: (0131 6)50 3780
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