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Description In this module students are equipped with the skills and techniques necessary to carry out local history research as, in completing this module, students produce a piece of original research on a topic in local history. Students learn how to: approach such a project; identify, and analyse, appropriate documentary and non-written sources of historical information; research and write about local history; as well as how local history research is presented and published. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Evaluate the methodological issues of concern to professional local historians 2. Discriminate between local history written according to high academic standards and that of inferior quality 3. Appraise the different strands that have contributed to the development of Irish local history in the past three decades and defend local history as a valid field of academic research 4. Assess research proposals and critically evaluate a piece of published local history 5. Generate a viable research proposal that identifies key primary and secondary sources and project milestones 6. Critique the documentary and non-documentary primary sources available for writing local history and demonstrate a facility in working with these sources 7. Carry out an original local history research project that complies with professional standards and conventions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Unit 1: Introduction to Local HistoryUnit 2: Approaches to researching and Writing Local History IUnit 3: Researching and writing local history IIUnit 4: Documentary Sources for Local History (Part 1)Unit 5: Documentary Sources for Local History (Part 2)Unit 6: Documentary Sources for Local History (Part 3)Unit 7: Non-written sources for local historyUnit 8: Guidelines for the presentation and publication of local history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programme or List of Programmes |
BA | BA in Humanities |
BADIP | Diploma in Humanities |
BAEH | BA in English & History |
BASM | BA Single Module |
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