Postgraduate Course: Viking Studies (Level 11) (ELCS11007)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The aim of this course is to better understand the historical developments referred to collectively as the Viking Age, c 800-1066 AD. The intention is to investigate Scandinavian Iron Age society in an attempt to identify possible reasons for the Viking expansion, to survey the various forms expansion taken by it, and to explore the legacy it left behind. There will be a special focus on raids and settlement in Scotland and the North Atlantic. Emphasis throughout will be on the critical interpretation of the various sources available - historical, archaeological, genetic, onomastic, literary ż as well as the ways in which different kinds of sources can be used to supplement one another.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 27, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 169 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Students are required to deliver a class presentation of c.10 minutes before week 9. Topics are chosen and developed in consultation with course tutors, with formative feedback given afterwards. Presentation preparation and formative feedback together will form the basis of the 4,000 word essay, which constitutes 100% of the summative mark for this course.
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Learning Outcomes
- Develop an awareness of the nature and limits of the evidence for this field of study. - Develop the ability to engage critically with received assumptions and scholarly models. - Develop an advanced understanding of the Scandinavian impact on the North Atlantic. - Demonstrate by way of essay and participation in class specialist knowledge and understanding of the political, social and economic behaviour of Viking Age Scandinavians abroad.