View Specification DocumentScotland and the World (Summer School) HIST2017
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Humanities
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
- Typically Offered: Summer
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This eight-week module is to enable International Summer School students to engage with the cultures and histories of Scotland through the multi-disciplinary perspectives offered by Archaeology, Celtic languages, History and Literature. The course focuses on the common, overarching question of how Scottish society has interacted with the outside world. This will be the central problematic explored by each of the disciplines.
Timetable
8 x 2-hour class meetings over eight weeks as scheduled in MyCampus, consisting of:
5 x 1-hour lectures
5 x 1-hour seminars
3 x 2-hour workshops
Requirements of Entry
Students studying as part of the Physics for life sciences (PHYS1021 & 1022) in the Glasgow International Summer School.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Source review (1000 words) - 40%
■ Essay (2000 words) - 60%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the source review or essay, but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ Introduce students to Scotland's historic links to the wider world using Archaeology- Celtic/Gaelic-, History- and Scottish Literature-based case studies.
■ Explore key debates on how Scottish society developed external connections through the migration of people, commodities, ideas and writings
■ Familiarise humanities-based modes of analysis and enable individual and group work with a range of relevant sources across different disciplines.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Describe Scottish society's range of interactions with the outside world prior to the 21st century.
■ Analyze how such connections reshaped Scotland as well as influencing developments in the societies with which Scotland interacted.
■ Evaluate relevant primary and secondary sources and assess the problems of interpretation arising from these sources.
■ Explain, through class discussion and written work, the different approaches Humanities-based disciplines use to interpret particular themes or subject matter.