Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History

1.Course

 The course will comprise two modules:

• Module 1 Concepts and Methods for Local History

• Module 2 Databases for Historians

The course, which is available on a part-time, distance learning basis only, will normally be taken over a period of one year, and may not be taken over a period of more than two years.

2. Every student will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:

• (a) participation in all parts of the course to the satisfaction of the Course Director;

• (b) participation in electronic group discussions under the guidance, and to the satisfaction, of the student’s academic tutor;

• (c) one assignment of not more than 2,000 words, one assignment of not more than 2,500 words, one assignment of not more than 2,000 words plus supporting tables, and one assignment of not more than 3,000 words, based on the work covered in the Concepts and Methods module (Module 1);

• (db) one assignment of not more than 2,500 words, to be submitted with a supporting database, based on the work covered in the Databases module (Module 2);

• (ec) one assignment of not more than 5,000 words, which will be a Local History project involving the use of a database of historical data.