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HI553B: ENGAGING WITH NEW RESEARCH IN EARLY SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

What is happening now in the field of early Scandinavian Studies? What are its biggest questions, concerns and influences? How is new research developed, and why is it important? This course exposes students to cutting-edge research in the field, via research seminars and recently-published papers. It encourages you to start to think in big picture terms about the field, and prepares you for researching and writing your own dissertation by thinking explicitly and critically about the field, its questions and directions.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Hannah Burrows

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course exposes students to cutting-edge research in the field of early Scandinavian Studies, via both research seminars and recently-published papers. It encourages students to start to think in big picture terms about the field, in particular parts of its historiography and some of its current directions. It provides students with an insight into the ways in which new research is developed and disseminated and of the implicit and explicit positions and approaches that underlie it. It also asks students to consider what research is ‘for’ and why it is important. Besides equipping students with an understanding of the state of the art within the secondary literature in their field of interest, the course helps students prepare for researching and writing their own dissertation by thinking explicitly and critically about the field, what it means to make an independent contribution, and the all-important ‘so what?’. Students will attend at least two research seminars in the Centre for Scandinavian Studies seminar series, and will independently read recently-published work on relevant topics.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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(Source Report and Reflection)

Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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(Report and reflection)

Word Count 1000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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(Seminar Report)

Word Count 1000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 4500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralCreateDemonstrate an awareness of a particular area in early Scandinavian studies in which new research is emerging, its historiography and its current state.
ReflectionCreateCritically engage with new research in early Scandinavian studies, whether presented orally in research seminars or in published form.
ReflectionCreateReflect on how and why research questions are formulated, how they connect to existing scholarship, and what they aim to contribute

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