SHORT COURSES 2015/16 Learn Something New www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses Our Courses Contents 1 Welcome 4 6 26 2 About Our Courses Short Courses 4 Archaeology 6 Art Drawing and Painting | Photography and Video Portfolio Preparation | Printmaking and Paper Sculpture 34 38 48 26 Art History 34 Creative Writing 38 Design Jewellery and Glass | Textiles Visual Communication 48 Film, Media and Contemporary Cultures 54 62 70 54 History 62 Literature 70 Music 74 Personal Development 74 76 84 76 Philosophy and Religion 80 Psychology and Language Sciences 84 Science and Nature 88 Society and Politics 92 Overview of Short Courses 2015 –16 80 88 102 How to Enrol 104 Help with Fees 107 Enrolment Form Welcome 1 Welcome to Short Courses at the University of Edinburgh We would like to thank the following for their support We are committed to supporting students and learners of all ages and abilities to realise their full potential. Over 6,000 students a year experience the range of classes and events on offer at OLL, which are tailored to suit your needs and timetabled to run flexibly throughout the year. I am sure you will find much to interest you here, whether you are aiming to improve your language skills, undertake accredited and non- accredited short courses, or participate in our learning events done in collaboration with community partners. Come see why we are recognised as a leading centre for diverse, inclusive and wide-ranging learning opportunities. Professor David Finkelstein Head of the Office of Lifelong Learning Send us your Short Course stories so we can celebrate you and your work. Email: [email protected] facebook.com/UoEShortCourses twitter.com/UoEShortCourses 2 About Our Courses Course Start Dates Choose Credit or Non-Credit Study Study for the Certificate of Higher Education Session 1 – 28 September 2015 Our programme includes credit and non-credit The Certificate of Higher Education is a national Session 2 – 11 January 2016 courses. Each credit course in this brochure is qualification, recognised by many employers and Session 3 – 11 April 2016 marked with the amount of credit awarded. All credit other universities. To achieve this award, you have courses are at level seven in the Scottish Credit and up to five years to accumulate 120 credit points by Qualifications Framework – first year undergraduate/ studying a combination of any credit courses from Course Venues HNC/Advanced Higher level. Credit courses are the Short Courses programme. Many of our short courses take place at the designed for students who want to study for credit, For more information visit: University’s Holyrood Campus at Paterson’s Land but but are also open to non-credit students. www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses where appropriate we use other University buildings You need to ‘opt in’ to credit on our credit courses. or contact Reception 0131 650 4400 nearby and alternative venues in the city. Details of all This is a separate process from enrolment and course venues are available from our website. Prepare for Undergraduate Entry paying the course fee. You do not need to decide if Please note that course venues may change from you wish to pursue credit study until the beginning Are you interested in applying for a degree course those advertised, and we recommend that you of the course. To earn credit, you must register as a in the Humanities and Social Sciences? Through check our website a few days before your course University of Edinburgh student. 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Choose from: How Art Works (p.26) Film Studies (p.50) Introducing Scottish Social History (p.57) Classics (p.60) Introducing Literature 1 (p.63) Introducing Literature 2 (p.66) Thinking about learning a new language or All the languages we offer start with beginners’ Learning to Philosophise (p.77) building on your existing language skills? courses and many continue to advanced levels. Visit our website to view the content of each Introducing Social Science (p.89) In addition to our Short Courses provision, course and to assess how suitable the course is Languages for All at the Office of Lifelong Introducing Sociology (p.91) for you. For full course details and online booking Learning teaches over 20 languages. please visit: Courses are available in: {ILA} ‘ILA Approved’– All courses approved by SDS www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/ ILA carry this symbol. You may use your ILA learner Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, languages Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Irish, Italian, account towards the fee (see page 105 for details). Please enquire about our discounts for University Japanese, Latin, Modern Greek, Norwegian, staff and students. Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. 4 Short Courses | Archaeology | September 2015 – June 2016 ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology of Scotland: The Vikings of the North Atlantic Stone and Bronze, the Early Prehistory Kristian L. R. Pedersen BIS FSA Scot Course Organiser: Martine Pierquin MA MSc DPSI Dorothy Graves McEwan BA MSc PhD Wednesdays from 30 September 6.30pm – 8.20pm [email protected] Mondays from 28 September 6.30pm – 8.20pm Session Wks Venue Credits Fee Session Wks Venue Credits Fee 1 10 Paterson’s Land, 0 £105/ Holyrood Campus £70 conc 1 10 Old Medical School, 0 £105/ Teviot Place (enter £70 conc This course explores the rich and varied evidence for the via doorway 4) Scandinavian settlement of Scotland and the expansion A wide-ranging introduction to the culture and into the North Atlantic, which ultimately led to the landscape of early prehistoric Scotland, from the settlement of the Faeroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. first hunter-gatherers to the origin of metalworking. This survey of archaeological sites will focus on Archaeology of Scotland: Iron Age, the reconstructing the economy, society and ideology of Romans and Early Historic Period prehistoric people. This course provides an opportunity Dorothy Graves McEwan BA MSc PhD to handle excavated materials. Mondays from 11 January 6.30pm – 8.20pm The Eastern Mediterranean in the Session Wks Venue Credits Fee Late Bronze Age 2 10 Old Medical School, 0 £105/ Teviot Place (enter £70 conc Lisa Graham MA MSc (Res) via doorway 4) Tuesdays from 29 September 2.10pm – 4.00pm An introduction to the later prehistoric and protohistoric Session Wks Venue Credits Fee archaeology of Scotland, the course uses sites and material culture to analyse society and culture in 1 10 Old Medical School, 0 £105/ Teviot Place (enter £70 conc Scotland from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age via doorway 4) to the Kingdom of the Picts. The course provides an opportunity to handle excavated materials. This extraordinary period sees the rise of empires To see an overview of our and a truly international network of trade and communication between Egypt, the Near East and Short Courses programme The Last Hunters and First Farmers of Europe the Aegean. This course will critique both the written Kristian L. R. Pedersen BIS FSA Scot please go to page 92 records and the archaeological evidence before examining each state in more detail. Tuesdays from 12 January 2.10pm – 4.00pm September 2015 – June 2016 | Archaeology | Short Courses 5 Session Wks Venue Credits Fee Beyond the Empire: Neanderthals and Archaeology: 2 10 Paterson’s Land, 0 £105/ The Romans in Scotland New Research Developments Holyrood Campus £70 conc Andrew Tibbs MA BA Kristian L. R. Pedersen BIS FSA Scot Recent study of the last hunters and the first farmers Mondays from 11 April 6.30pm – 8.20pm Wednesdays from 13 April 6.30pm – 8.20pm has transformed our perception of the complexity and richness of their respective cultures. This course Session Wks Venue Credits Fee Session Wks Venue Credits Fee emphasises the new discoveries in the British Isles 3 5 Paterson’s Land, 0 £105/ 3 10 Paterson’s Land, 0 £105/ situating these in a broader European perspective. Holyrood Campus £70 conc Holyrood Campus £70 conc Rock Art in Context Scotland was almost unique within the Roman Empire; In the past decade, there have been tremendous advances sometimes within the Empire, sometimes outwith, but in the study of Neanderthals.