Module Descriptors
HISTORY WORK PLACEMENT: LEVEL 6
HIPO60407
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Brown
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 33
Independent Study Hours: 117
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • Work Experience Evaluation weighted at 35%
  • Report - 2500 words weighted at 65%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
These Learning Strategies will occupy your time: 3x1 hour meetings at the beginning, middle and end of the semester - with your History Placement Tutor. 30 hours spent in the workplace negotiated with the 'employer' on an individual basis (viz: up to a 3 week block; extended programme of single or half-days). 117 hours of independent study and application to the critical report.

Module Resources
Recommended Library Books and Journals.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A work evaluation by host [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4] 35%

The self-reflective report will evaluate, comprehensively, your project formulation, execution, achievements and limitations. [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4] 65% - 2500 words
Module Texts
Current module booklet and texts and resources appropriate to placement and placement report formulation.
Module Indicative Content
This module offers the opportunity to experience, either on an individual basis or as a member of a team, and the role of skills derived from or applicable to history (for example in an archive, or a museum or a primary/secondary school). Particular attention is paid to an appreciation of the ethical, practical, technical and financial (resource) issues involved in working with and for roles such as archivists, curators and teachers.