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This course is compulsory for all senior Honours students in Economic and Social History, except for those undertaking a dissertation. It acts as an alternative to the dissertation and satisfies the independent work component for the MA Soc Sci degree programme. This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of the ways in which historical perspectives can be applied to a range of relevant topics and problem, and to provide them with the skills to engage - as historians - with policy through research impact.  It is designed to consolidate key discipline-specific key skills, extending work conducted in Levels 1 and 2 and in the Junior Honours year, in the areas of research and presentation.

2 x one hour lectures of the entire RESH 2 class.

3 x one hour skills workshops

2 x one hour group meetings with essay topic tutor.

Entry to Honours in Economic and Social History

ESH4002P ESH Honours Dissertation

N/A

Summative 1: Research Proposal (1000 words): 20%

Students will write a proposal which will identify a research question, justify their topic, and justify their choice of audience and/or professional context.

They should also provide a short 'annotated bibliography' of at least 5 relevant pieces of literature, no more than 100 words per item. They will further include a draft bibliography in this submission (not included in word count).

This assessment will be graded in line with the ILOs and Schedule A of the University of Glasgow's Code of Assessment. A marksheet will be created where students will be graded along the relevant ILOs.

This summative aligns with ILOs 1, 2 and 4, as the student will demonstrate the fundamentals of research design in this assessment, as well as identify appropriate contemporary issues which would benefit from a historical perspective. It is also iterative, as it will form the basis of their final summative assessment.

Summative 2: Policy Report (4000 words): 80%

Students will submit a 4000-word policy report on their chosen topic. This policy paper will include:

■ An executive summary

■ An analysis of the key approaches, debates and findings within the existing scholarship

■ Recommendations and/or implications for their intended audience.

This assessment will be graded in line with the ILOs and Schedule A of the University of Glasgow's Code of Assessment. A marksheet will be provided to students which grades them upon successful attainment of the relevant ILOs.

This summative aligns with all ILOs.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.

This course will provide students with a critical understanding of the ways in which historical perspectives and approaches have developed over time and to provide them with the skills to engage - as historians - with policy through research impact (in this context, impact is defined as any "change, effect, or benefit that research has on society, the economy, culture, public policy, health, the environment, or quality of life").

This course aims to consolidate advanced skills in historical research, particularly through historiography, bibliographical and library skills.

This course aims to provide students with an active and meaningful learning experience which will enable them to:

1. Develop subject specialism in Economic and Social History

2. Become investigative graduates who are able to critically engage with relevant and complex issues

3. Consolidate their effective communication skills by transferring their knowledge into a new context

4. Become ethically and socially aware graduates who understand the value and relevancy of historical perspectives on contemporary issues.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Effectively manage and execute an independent research project.

2. Critically evaluate a variety of historiography-based perspectives on a chosen topic related to economic and social history.

3. Explain the impact, relevancy, and/or implications of historical perspectives in a relevant professional context.

4. Formulate a clear and concise argument and present it in an appropriate format.

 Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.