Teaching and assessment

We offer a wide range of core and optional modules, meaning that you can tailor your qualification to your own interests. You can take one optional module on this course.

Content is available online. You will work through it carrying out a series of assessed, self-study, and group tasks. You will be given the opportunity to communicate with your fellow students via the discussion board and to work on embedded source material.

You will always have a subject expert as your tutor and many tutors will also offer voluntary webinar sessions.

Module availability varies each semester, so you should consider the best order to study your core and optional modules before choosing. If you are unable to take modules in the recommended order, you will be able to discuss this with your Teaching Support.

Assessment is carried out via coursework and discussion board participation. There are variations across modules however weighting is usually as follows:

• 2 x final assignment = 30% each
• assessed tasks = 30%
• discussion board participation = 10%

You’ll need to study the core modules, and a further 20 credits from the optional module list

Core modules

These modules are an essential part of your course.

RM50001 - Archive Services, Access & Preservation

RM51001 - Archive Management: Principles and Practice

Optional modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

RM50006 - Principles and Practice of Records Management

RM50008 - Skills & Sources for Family & Local History in Scotland

RM50011 - Complying with Information Legislation: Principles & Practice

RM50013 - Cataloguing in a Digital Age

RM50019 - Metadata Standards and Information Taxonomies

RM50024 - Ecclesiastical Archives

RM50028 - Heraldry

RM50031 - The Theory and Context of Record Keeping

RM50035 - House History

RM50039 - Oral History

RM51005 - Electronic Records Management

RM51008 - Principles and Practice of Information Legislation: General Data Protection Regulations and Privacy Rights

RM51009 - Principles and Practice of Information Legislation: Freedom of Information and Access Rights