Postgraduate Course: Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis (PGHC11041)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | This aim of this core course is to introduce students to a range of important theoretical perspectives and issues from within both economic and social theory and heighten awareness of the diversity of approaches to the study of human behaviour within the social sciences. |
| Course description |
Awareness of the diversity of methods within the social sciences is promoted to encourage an open and interdisciplinary approach to historical research and to stimulate an interest in exploring different theories and traditions within students' own research themes. The theoretical areas for detailed examination are chosen because they highlight this diversity of approach and because some understanding is likely to be of relevance to a wide range of research themes. Topics vary from year to year but are likely to include approaches to economic growth and technological change; social class and social identity; anthropological approaches to material culture; the application of Malthusian ideas to historical demography; the new institutional economics; social capital.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the intellectual traditions which inform the discipline of economic and social history
- Demonstrate an understanding of some of the wide range of theoretic approaches currently employed within economic and social history
- Demonstrate an ability to apply these theoretical approaches to specific historical contexts
- Demonstrate the ability to write a sustained piece of analysis which demonstrates the application of theory to practice
- Demonstrate, in seminar discussions and presentations, independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | E&STHistAnalysis Economic Social Theory Historical Analysis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Nuala Zahedieh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3836
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Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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