Undergraduate Course: Scottish Studies 1B: Creating Scotland (SCET08007)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Scottish Ethnology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an introduction to the topographical, social and cultural features of Scotland and examines their influence upon each other over time. The diversity of Scotland's resources, the nature of its land and seascapes and the complexity of its settlement patterns are explored and regional variety in material culture and linguistic forms, and the identities which result, are illustrated. Ways in which family, community and work experience are manifested and expressed in a range of cultural forms form a signficant element of the course, and students are given solid grounding in the sources and methods appropriate for the study of these in a strong theoretical context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should have
- gained a clear understanding of Scotland's topography, resources, society and culture and their interaction from the earliest times to the present
- learned how to describe the nature of regional variety in human experience on the basis of settlement history and patterns, linguistic forms and features of material and oral culture
- engaged with a range of forms of evidence - visual, oral, written and printed - relevant to the study of individual and group experience and their critical use
- encountered major methodological and analytical approaches to the study of Scottish phenomena and put these into practice
- built up a range of skills in presenting ideas gleaned from core texts orally and in written form through tutorial work and continuous assessment. |
Assessment Information
| Course work: one essay of 3000 words, week 10 (50%); Degree examination: one two-hour paper (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr William Lamb
Tel: (0131 6)50 3624
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Course secretary | Ms Christine Lennie
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
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