Postgraduate Course: The Supernatural World (SCET11003)

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	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course examines magical belief and supernatural entities in Scotland. This complex and much-neglected aspect of our cultural heritage is explored through a combination of empirical data (provided by case studies and archive holdings) and theoretical contextualisation. A dominant theme will be the identification and interpretation of vestiges of supernatural belief still extant and deeply embedded in Scottish cultural life. Comparative material from other Celtic-language cultures and Scandinavia will also feature.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: demonstrate expertise in the interpretation and understanding of supernatural belief and supernatural entities in Scotland from the earliest sources to the modern period; demonstrate an awareness of the range and variety of approaches to studying the supernatural and knowledge of a substantial number of critical texts; demonstrate knowledge of linguistic, literary, cultural, psychological and socio-historical contexts in which supernatural belief is found and knowledge of useful and precise critical terminology; evaluate and apply different interdisciplinary approaches in order to appraise the subject-matter of the course; demonstrate competence in transferable skills, e.g. close engagement with texts, critical evaluation of source material, independent reading, coherent and clearly structured writing, oral presentation, group discussion, time management.