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HIST 301 Medieval Societies Units: 6.00
Selected issues in the political, social and cultural history of Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. Emphasis on scholarly debates and the interpretation of primary sources in translation.
Learning Hours: 240 (36 Lecture, 36 Seminar, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan.
Exclusion HIST 218/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Acquire an expanded knowledge and understanding of the field covered by the particular lecture which forms the first half of the course.
- Learn to engage critically with the major trends of medieval historical scholarship and acquire the ability to deploy the methodologies of the historical discipline in future seminars.
- Develop appropriate research skills in the identification, analysis, and application of both primary and secondary, written, visual, and material sources.
- Gain experience in writing an evidence-based, persuasive, and effectively structured research paper.
- Gain skill and experience in the exchange and evaluation of research through seminar discussion and formal presentation.
- Relate and make relevant what they have learned in the class both to contemporary events and to someone who knows little about its topic.