Course Catalogue

Framing Dress and Textile Histories HISTART5022

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course will enable students to gain an understanding of the diverse practical and theoretical approaches that can be used to study dress and textile history. Each session explores the benefits and challenges of a particular approach or methodology as applied to a specific historical case study or chronological period.

Timetable

8 x 1 hour lecture,

8 x 1 hour seminar,

2 x 2 hour external visits, all over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

Requirements of Entry

Standard entry to Masters at College level

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

  None

Assessment

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Essay of 4,000 words - 80%

■ 10 min oral presentation - 20%

 

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 essay, but a flexible deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

■ Recorded presentation as an alternative to the oral presentation

 

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

Course Aims

This course aims to:

 

■ familiarise students with the development of dress and textile history as a discipline

■ enable students to engage with the application of theoretical and methodological models and approaches to identify and develop areas of specialist interest

■ train students in the reading and interpretation of multiple types of primary resources such as surviving garments, visual culture and documentary sources

■ expand students' analytical skills and develop writing and oral presentation skills

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

 

■ critically engage with and evaluate the various disciplinary and methodological approaches to dress and textile histories

■ apply object-based and archival-based research approaches to specific historical case studies or chronological periods

■ produce sustained and reasoned arguments in both written and oral form, according to established scholarly conventions, on a variety of visual and textual sources relating to an overview of the history of dress and textiles

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions