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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Researching Local History :People,Place & Tim
Module Code	HIS6
School	Oscail
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NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	15
Pre-requisite	HIS1
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module equips students with skills and techniques in local history research. Students produce a piece of original research on a topic in local history.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse the methodological issues of concern to professional local historians
2. Distinguish between local history written according to high academic standards and that of inferior quality
3. Critically 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. Critically 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

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Tutorial	15	No Description
On-line learning	15	No Description
Independent learning	345	No Description
Total Workload: 375

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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Unit 1: Introduction to Local History.
Unit 2: Approaches to researching and Writing Local History I.

Unit 3: Researching and writing local history II.
Unit 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 history.
Unit 8: Guidelines for the presentation and publication of local history.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	In this module students produce a piece of original research on a topic in local history.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

None

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Programme or List of Programmes

Diploma/BA in Humanities

BAEH

Diploma/BA in English & History

BASM

BA Single Module

Timetable this semester: Timetable for HIS6

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