HR248-5-FY-CO:
Mapping History and Heritage in Colchester
2016/17
History
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
30
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Requisites for this module
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Colchester is a place where history and heritage matter a great deal: the town brands itself as 'Britain's oldest recorded town'. This module not only explores the town's history, but looks at the ways in which its past manifests itself, and is presented, in the present. Students on the 30-credit version of the module will be directly involved in a research project creating a historical atlas and will learn a wide range of digital and heritage skills.
The first term outlines the history of Colchester through lectures and seminars. The town, then known as Camulodunum, was Roman capital of the province of Britain, but was burned to the ground by Boudicca. During the Middle Ages Colchester accumulated great wealth from the cloth industry; it was hotbed of religious radicalism throughout the early modern period; suffered a momentous siege during the English Civil War, and was changed fundamentally by the arrival of the railways and the army barracks in the nineteenth century.
The second term allows students to create and present their own interpretation of Colchester's history through independent research. This involves producing a unique project charting one aspect of Colchester's history: a neighbourhood, an industry, a street, or any theme that can be mapped. Rather than just an essay, it is intended that students will produce a research poster, blog post, or some other way to communicate work to the community. Exploring the town on foot and using historical maps emphasizes the place of the past in the present. Students will learn to illustrate their research with customised maps, historic photographs and drawings, and communicate statistics via attention grabbing graphics. IT lab workshops will focus upon using online local history sources and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to navigate and edit maps to illuminate and illustrate the town's history. Students' research will feed directly into the development of a Historic Towns Atlas of Colchester.
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1 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar per week in Autumn Term; 2-hour IT Lab based workshop in Spring/Summer Term.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Research Map and Web Presentation |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Source Analysis (2000 words) |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Essay (3000 words) |
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25% |
| Practical |
Research Project Presentation |
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5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Justin Colson
Belinda Waterman, Student Administrator, Department of History; belinda@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Mark Stephen Rowe Jenner
The University of York
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Of 44 hours, 18 (40.9%) hours available to students:
26 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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