Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description This module will provide students with a chance to work closely with primary sources and develop their understanding of the professional skills and materials historians use to create works of history. The focus will be on personal narratives as primary sources including diaries, letters and memoirs. They will be introduced to relevant historical archives (whether digital or physical) and encouraged to explore them independently, honing their research skills as well as their critical analysis of primary sources. The module will also give students opportunities to assess historical works themselves in a critical fashion, displaying their understanding of the ways in which historians are shaped by their political, intellectual and social environment. Overall, the module aims to help students engage with the hands on work of historians and gain a greater understanding of the ways in which historical narratives are crafted from the raw materials provided by the primary sources that survive. Students will be particularly encouraged to reflect on their own process of creating historical narratives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Describe the differences and nature of the relationship between primary and secondary sources 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which evidence from primary sources can be used to build historical narratives 3. Apply analytical skills required to assess primary source material critically 4. Develop historical consciousness and understanding of the nature of historical change 5. Interrogate the work of historians with a critical understanding of the specific chronological, political, intellectual and social context in which they produced that work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Lectures and seminars will cover themes such historical skills and the analysis of primary sources; historiography and t | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List Books: None Articles: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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