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Professional Writing for Historians (History track) (2024/2025: period 1)
Course aim
Students will acquire:
• understanding of the various genres and writing styles at an historian's disposal;
• knowledge of various platforms for presenting historical knowledge in writing;
• understanding of the various target audiences of writer-historians;
• understanding of translating academic knowledge for the benefit of society.
Learning objectives
Students will learn to:
• communicate about the broad historical knowledge acquired during year 1 and relate it to the History track;
• put historical knowledge in writing, using a variety of scientific genres;
• select the right communication genre and (writing) style for their audience, dependent on the nature of the topic;
• apply historical knowledge in publications aimed at the general public;
• give and receive peer reviews with regard to editing skills.
Skills
After completing the course, students will be able to:
• communicate both orally and in writing about historical knowledge;
• present knowledge in writing, using a variety of genres;
• translate historical knowledge and historical insights for the benefit of society;
• communicate specialist knowledge to different target audiences;
• work as part of a group and produce a mutual end product.
Course content
You will not be marked for this course. The weekly assignments and the feedback given by individual students will be assessed instead. Together, the weekly assignments and the magazine written as a group will form your student portfolio. Once you have completed all of the assignments – including rewriting assignments, giving feedback and writing the mutual end product – and assembled an individual portfolio, you will have passed the course. There are no resit opportunities and the assignment deadlines are definitive. If you miss a deadline, you will no longer be able to participate in the course.
Additional information
Instructional formats
Contribution
Compulsory attendance, active participation and assignments.
Examination
Assignment
Required | Weight 60% | ECTS 4.5
Five weekly assignments that add up to 60% of the course that students bundle into a final portfolio.
Report
Required | Weight 40% | ECTS 3
Group assignment: historical magazine and its presentation
Entry requirements and preknowledge
Entry Requirements
You have to be registered for one of the following degree programmes:
- History
- History
You must have at least 45 credits for the category 1 (Bachelor Introduction)
Preknowledge
No data about preknowledge is available.
Languages
- English
Course Iterations
Related studies
Exams
There is no timetable available of the exams
Required Materials
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WNBWill be announced
Recommended Materials
No information available on the recommended literature
Remarks
This course is only open to students of the BA History.
Coördinator
dr. S.G. Carmichael MA LLM | S.G.Carmichael@uu.nl |
Lecturers
R. Biasillo | r.biasillo@uu.nl |
dr. S.G. Carmichael MA LLM | S.G.Carmichael@uu.nl |
dr. K.M. Mennen | k.m.mennen@uu.nl |
dr. J. Schenk | j.schenk@uu.nl |
dr. O.I. Zeveleva | O.I.Zeveleva@uu.nl |
Enrolment
Enrollment
From Monday 3 June 2024 up to and including Friday 21 June 2024
Late enrollment
From Monday 19 August 2024 up to and including Tuesday 20 August 2024
Enrollment closed
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