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Module Title
LM Option (Masters): Public History & Heritage: Placement
School
History and Cultures
Department
History
Module Code
09 37871
Module Lead
Dr Michala Hulme
Level
Masters Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Contact Hours
Seminar-6 hours
Work based learning-70 hours
Guided independent study-124 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description
This module provides the student with an opportunity to get real-world experience working in the field of public history and heritage. It will enable the students to apply what they have learned into practice. Students can choose to work with a museum, archive, production company, historic house, or any other organisation that engages the public in the past. We can provide the students with a placement, or they can choose their own. The practical element of this module will ask the students to think critically and evaluate how history is delivered to the public. It also expects the students to contribute theoretically and creatively to a public history project that is decided between the organisation and the student.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
demonstrate experience of working within the field of public history and heritage;
write critically about interpreting, communicating and presenting the past to the public;
critically evaluate and reflect upon their project and the host organisation in delivering the past to the public;
summarise, synthesise and evaluate the subject material in a sophisticated written form
Assessment
37871-01 : 2500 Word : Coursework (50%)
37871-02 : 1 x 10 minute individual presentation (50%) : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
1 x 10 minute individual presentation (50%) 1 x 2500 word essay (50%)
