This course will survey the history of the 'Highlands' - or, of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, from the late 14th century to the Statutes of Iona of 1609.

20x 3hr seminars. This course will meet three hours per week for 10 weeks in each semester. This is one of the Honours options available in History and may not be offered every year. See MyCampus for the Honours options available this year.

The standard assessments for this course are:

Semester 1

■ Historiographical Essay, 2500 words, 20%

■ Seminar presentation 1, 10 minutes, 10%

■ Seminar primary source oral commentaries, 5%

■ Seminar contribution, 5%

Semester 2

■ Research Essay, 2500 words, 20%

■ Seminar presentation 2, 10 minutes, 10%

■ Seminar primary source oral commentaries, 5%

■ Seminar contribution, 5%

■ Exam, 2 hours, 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 written assessments (including exam), but flexible deadlines or extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

■ Recorded presentation or one-to-one presentation as an alternative to the oral presentation.

■ Written versions of the source commentaries as alternative to oral commentaries.

■ Written reflections on the subject matter of seminars in which it was not possible to make an oral contribution to discussion.

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

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

This course aims to

■ enhance student knowledge by creating an understanding of late medieval and early modern Gaelic Scotland

■ familiarise students with the relevant historiography, and encourage them to test and question the validity of the paradigms and interpretative positions to be found there

■ enhance student 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

■ provide the opportunity for synthesis of these elements - knowledge, theory, skills and creativity - in writing and discussion

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

■ express a critical understanding of key sources and themes relating to the history of late medieval and early modern Gaelic Scotland

■ formulate personal interpretations developed from your knowledge and analysis of these sources and themes

■ understand the relative value of, and the relationship between, ideological, cultural and political history