Browse Hierarchy X10F13: Introduction to History

This module provides a broad context for understanding developments in the discipline of history during the modern period and how historians approach their discipline. It asks students to consider what form of thinking and writing (what kind of human endeavour) ‘history’ is, and to relate it to key historiographical developments. The analysis of a selected number of primary sources train students in historical methods Introduction to History is also intended to develop students’ abilities in study, research, and oral and written communication, through a programme of seminars, lectures and essay work.