CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING - SCOTTISH CULTURAL STUDIES

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Mr Donald Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 as KL 103N.

Overview

The course will examine the resources available in Northern Scotland for tracing ancestors, showing how civil registration and church records provide a framework for family history which can be further enriched by documents which help to create a fuller and more rounded picture of the lives of the people involved. Techniques of family history research such as planning and data compilation will be developed, since the course will have a strong practical emphasis with students carrying out directed research.

Structure

Fortnightly evening tutorials in addition to private study with learning support and directed field work.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 essay / project report (30%) and the monitored compilation of the family tree (30%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 essay / project report (30%) and the monitored compilation of the family tree (30%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 as KL 1040.

Overview

This highly practical course will explore sources of local history and how these sources can be used. Through a combination of teaching and practical exercises, it will cover sources for family history, secondary published sources, maps, local newspapers, archives, oral history, archaeological records, and the work of local history societies and other specialist groups.

Structure

Fortnightly tutorials in addition to private study with learning support materials.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (40%) 1 essay/project report (30%) and 5 short reports on practical exercises equally weighted (3)%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (40%) 1 essay/project report (30%) and 5 short reports on practical exercises equally weighted (30%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is available in the first half-session of 2009/10 as KL 253L.

Overview

Students will be required to examine the overall condition of the Highlands and Islands in the period following the '45 Rising; to come to some general understanding of the complex of events known as the Highland Clearances; to investigate the impact of these events in their own locality; to attend to the experiences of the emigrant communities, especially in North America, which resulted from the Clearances; to take account of what followed on from the Clearances in the way of eventual land reform; to make some assessment of the continuing significance of these historical episodes in the context of the modern Highlands and Islands.

Structure

Fortnightly evening tutorials in addition to private study and directed field work.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 essay/project report (40%) and 2 practical exercises equally weighted (20%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 essay/project report (40%) and 2 practical exercises equally weighted (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 in second half-session as KL 253S.

Overview

The course explores the following: historical origins of Scots, general features of Scots as a language, Characteristics of North East Scots words and pronunciation, language and culture of the North East, city and country speech and North East Scots as a literary language.

Structure

Fortnightly evening tutorials in addition to private study with learning support materials.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 practical exercise (20%), 1 report (20%) and 1 essay (10%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (40%), 1 practical exercise (20%), 1 report (20%) and 1 essay (10%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 as KL 2541.

Overview

This course will provide a supported opportunity for students to undertake local history research on a topic of their choice. The course will include guidance and instruction on the preparation of a local history dissertation proposal, how to keep a research diary, organise notes and produce drafts, and on the preparation and presentation of maps, diagrams and graphs.

Structure

Course will be delivered over 6 seminars.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Assessment is by a dissertation (8,000 words).

Resit: Resubmission of the dissertation.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Mr Donald Paterson

Pre-requisites

40 credit points from the Scottish Cultural Studies or Scottish Archaeology programmes of courses.

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 in the first half-session as KL 303B.

Overview

Study of types of scripts, their evolution and relationships and the technical background of writing and materials. Practical exercises in transcription of documents will be undertaken, but knowledge of Latin will not be required.

Structure

1 two-hour seminar/workshop per week for six weeks.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour practical transcription test (100%).

Resit: 1 two-hour practical transcription test (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Mr Donald Paterson

Pre-requisites

KL 1033 or KL 1533 or equivalent Higher Education experience.

Notes

This course is available in session 2009/10 in the second half-session as KL 353H.

Overview

This dissertation course provides an opportunity for students to develop ideas and themes, and to develop skills and techniques in local history by pursuing independent, supervised research studies of their local areas.

Structure

Individual supervision over two half-sessions.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Dissertation (100%).

Resit: Dissertation (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

100 credit points in Scottish Cultural Studies or Scottish Archaeology, of which 60 of these credit points must be at level 2 or above.

Notes

This course is available in 2009/10.

Overview

An intensive study of a limited Scottish theme, topic, period or problem based on primary sources and other relevant material to allow students to pursue a programme of reading and analysis of a specific subject area with the support, guidance and direction of an academic well-versed in the subject. It may be used to develop themes encountered in previous study, but will also allow wide reading around a subject, which may provide the focus for the dissertation. Precise subjects available will be determined annually by Centre for Lifelong Learning, in consultation with available staff and identified student interest.

Structure

Each student will be assigned a supervisor, who will make available regular consultation times.

Assessment

1st Attempt: In-course assessment (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

100 credit points in Scottish Cultural Studies or Scottish Archaeology, of which 60 of these credit points must be at level 2 or above.

Notes

This course is available in 2009/10 as KL 4031 or KL 4531.

Overview

An intensive study of a Scottish Theme, topic, period or problem based on primary sources and other relevant material. Students will produce a dissertation of 10,000 words on a topic to be agreed by the supervisor and the Programme Co-ordinator.

Structure

Each student will be assigned a supervisor, who will make available regular consultation times.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Dissertation (100%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Mr D Paterson

Pre-requisites

100 credit points in Scottish Cultural Studies or Scottish Archaeology, of which 60 of these credits points must be at level 2 or above.

Notes

This course is available in 2009/10.

Overview

An intensive study of a limited Scottish theme, topic, period or problem based on primary sources and other relevant material to allow students to pursue a programme of reading and analysis of a specific subject area with the support, guidance and direction of an academic well-versed in the subject. It may be used to develop themes encountered in previous study, but will also allow wide reading around a subject, which may provide the focus for the dissertation. Precise subjects available will be determined annually by the Centre for Lifelong Learning, in consultation with available staff and identified student interest. The topic chosen for KL 4530 Special Subject II can normally be related to that studied for KL 4030.

Structure

Each student will be assigned a supervisor, who will make available regular consultation times.

Assessment

1st Attempt: In-course assessment (100%).