I\u2019m often frustrated by the lack of module description provided by the School of History when I\u2019m picking my modules for the forthcoming year, so this week I\u2019ve decided to give a run-down of MO3351 for the prospective \u2018next-gen\u2019. Fingers crossed they might stumble across this post then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The module is 100% coursework. For us, that consisted of compiling 8 blog posts across the semester \u2013 like this – (two of which were peer-review comments) worth 20%, one \u2018project proposal\u2019 worth 10%, one \u2018short essay\u2019 worth 20%, one presentation worth 10%, and one 5,000-word project essay worth 40%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like all history modules, tutorials for MO3351 were structured around readings that provided useful information on the discipline\u2019s various \u2018sub-topics\u2019. For transnational history, those could include \u2018microhistory\u2019, \u2018global history\u2019, \u2018Actor-Network Theory\u2019 and \u2018Decolonization\u2019 for example. MO3351\u2019s differences, however, were in its provision of tutorial \u2018skill sessions\u2019 \u2013 \u2018working with sources\u2019 and \u2018collaborative blog writing\u2019. These were very useful, and have no doubt readied me more for my dissertation next academic year. Most tutorials involved elements of peer collaboration actually, and this was usually achieved via the medium of a google-drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One tutorial session, the \u2018unconference\u2019, was also dedicated to developing presentation skills that would come in handy for the marked presentation later in the semester. That too, was valuable: a nice way to ease into the practice of presenting information to peers in a concise and effective manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biggest challenge provided by MO3351 (for me as it I expect has been for everyone else) has undoubtedly been the individual projects that we\u2019ve been charged with writing. In total, what that involved, was choosing a topic to study in a \u2018transnational\u2019 perspective, researching that topic, and compiling a 5,000-word essay on it. As I write now, I\u2019m still in the research phase. I would definitely argue that (as daunting as its been) this type of assessment has been very liberating, however. Never before at St. Andrews have I been afforded the opportunity to pick any topic of my choosing to study in a module. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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