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This course offers fresh ways of interpreting one of the landmarks of Scottish history. It avoids conventional political and economic approaches to the Highland Clearances, focussing instead upon ideologies: the intellectual, cultural and religious systems of belief which shaped and drove the process of change in the Scottish Highlands between 1745 and 1886.

15x 1-hour lectures and 5x 1-hour seminars over 10 weeks as scheduled in MyCampus. This is one of the honours options in History and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into History, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

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Exam (2 hour): 60%.

Essay (2,000 words): 20%

Seminar presentation (5 mins): 10%

Seminar oral contribution: 10%

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 aims to:

■ Enhance knowledge by creating an understanding of the individuals, events, issues and ideologies which shaped the Highland Clearances.

■ Develop critical and analytical skills, through the study of primary and secondary texts embodying different perspectives, and through group discussion

■ Encourage student creativity in developing personal interpretations.

■ Synthesise these elements - knowledge, skills and creativity - in writing, oral presentation and seminar discussion.

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

■ Express a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of key primary and secondary texts for the Highland Clearances

■ Assess the individuals, events, issues and ideologies which shaped the Highland Clearances, their relative significance, and their interaction.

■ Indicate the role of ideologies relative to political and economic forces for the Highland Clearances, making your case in clear and concise prose and verbal argument.

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