PgCert Irish Local History
Academic Year 2019/20
A programme specification is required for any programme on which a student may be registered. All programmes of the University are subject to the University's Quality Assurance and Enhancement processes as set out in the DASA Policies and Procedures Manual.
Programme Title |
PgCert Irish Local History |
Final Award |
Postgraduate Certificate |
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Programme Code |
HIS-PC-IH |
UCAS Code |
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HECoS Code |
100759 |
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ATAS Clearance Required |
No |
Health Check Required |
No |
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Portfolio Required |
Interview Required |
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Mode of Study |
Part Time |
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Type of Programme |
Postgraduate |
Length of Programme |
2 Academic Year(s) |
Total Credits for Programme |
60 |
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Exit Awards available |
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INSTITUTE INFORMATION
Awarding Institution/Body |
Queen's University Belfast |
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Teaching Institution |
Queen's University Belfast |
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School/Department |
History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics |
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Framework for Higher Education Qualification Level |
Level 7 |
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QAA Benchmark Group |
N/A |
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Accreditations (PSRB) |
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REGULATION INFORMATION
Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations No |
Programme Specific Regulations N/A |
Students with protected characteristics N/A |
Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations (Please see General Regulations) No |
EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principal concepts and debates in the historiography of local history and their applicability to research in Irish local history.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the methodical approaches required to locate, critically evaluate and utilise a range of primary source materials relevant to Irish local history.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of major themes in the literature on Irish local history, including the history of landed estates, poverty and welfare, education, religion, urbanisation and crime.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how Irish local history is connected to global and transnational history through the phenomenon of migration.
Demonstrate an ability to use effectively relevant archives, finding aids and online resources in completing a major personal research project.
Demonstrate competency in subject specific and key skills, and a professional approach to undertaking research and the presentation of project work.
Demonstrate an ability to conceptualise, plan and see through to completion a major personal research project to a high standard of historical professionalism.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes: Cognitive SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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Recognise and using appropriate theories, concepts and principles from history and relevant cognate disciplines. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Locate, collect, evaluate and utilise a range of relevant sources and applying these within a coherent and contextualising argument. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Design a substantial personal research project. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Critically analyse information, synthesising and summarising the outcomes. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Apply knowledge and understanding to address familiar and novel problems. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Reflect on and evaluate own performance. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
Learning Outcomes: Transferable SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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Design and conduct a major personal research project, making intelligent and critical use of the primary and secondary sources available. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Interpret and evaluate arguments and evidence from a range of primary and secondary sources. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Communicate complex argument and information effectively and with precision in both oral presentation and in writing. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Identify and work towards targets for personal, academic and career development. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Display a potential for competence, skills and attitudes required in professional employment, including initiative, leadership, independent working, time management, organisational skills and use of appropriate conventions. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand the nature and operations of relevant institutions in the archives, libraries and museums sector. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & UnderstandingOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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Understand and evaluate the principal historical theories and approaches relating to the field of local history. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and evaluate the historical literature on a number of themes relating to local history in Ireland, including the histories of landed estates, poverty and welfare, education, religion, urbanisation and crime. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and evaluate the historical literature on Irish family, migration and diaspora history. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and describe historical methodologies for identifying, searching, evaluating and utilising historical primary source materials in archives, libraries and private collections, in oral narratives, and in digital repositories. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and describe the roles, functions and public history engagement of archives, research libraries and museums within Northern Ireland. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Apply knowledge of relevant historical contexts, themes and phenomena to personal research projects. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
Learning Outcomes: Subject SpecificOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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Understand and evaluate the theories of local historical studies and their applicability to Irish case studies. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and apply a range of methodologies for the location, interpretation and utilisation of primary sources in historical research. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and evaluate the arguments and approaches in the historical literature on a number of principal themes in Irish local, family and migration history. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and apply the academic conventions of historical writing, referencing and bibliography. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Understand and apply (as appropriate) the cataloguing, referencing and calendaring conventions for historical sources used in relevant archival repositories. |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
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Devise, plan and undertake a major historical research project based on extensive primary source research |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies - Methods of Assessment Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, and tutorial contributions. |
MODULE INFORMATION
Programme Requirements
Module Title |
Module Code |
Level/ stage |
Credits |
Availability |
Duration |
Pre-requisite |
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Assessment |
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S1 |
S2 |
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Core |
Option |
Coursework % |
Practical % |
Examination % |
Individually Negotiated Topic in History |
MHY7011 |
7 |
20 |
YES |
12 weeks |
N |
YES |
100% |
0% |
0% |
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Presenting Sources |
MHY7025 |
7 |
20 |
YES |
12 weeks |
N |
YES |
100% |
0% |
0% |
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MRes Dissertation |
MHY7084 |
7 |
100 |
YES |
12 weeks |
N |
YES |
100% |
0% |
0% |
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Notes
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