This module ensures that students across the range of sub-disciplines in Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology acquire the necessary generic and specific skills needed for further research. These will include advanced bibliographic skills, familiarity with theoretical and critical approaches and schools of thought, technical skills such as techniques of epigraphy or numismatics where appropriate. Delivery will take place in seminar formats, with sub-disciplines offering different break-out sessions as needed. The module also demands that students attend the CAHA research seminar throughout semester and engage with research presentations in a critical manner, evaluating presentation skills and discussing questions of methodology. Presentations will be discussed and evaluated in debriefing sessions, and finally students themselves will give their own presentations on aspects of their research projects.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate thorough and critical understanding of the methodologies and approaches, as well as the primary sources, available in their area of study.
Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with the conventions of scholarly presentation and referencing.
Reflect critically and analytically on research presentations which may cover the entire breadth of the disciplines of Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology.
Assessment
40543-01 : 1500 word : Coursework (30%)
40543-02 : 2500 word : Coursework (70%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
Assessment: 1 x 2,500-word bibliographic essay (70%); 1 x 1,500-word reflective diary of research presentations attended (30%)
