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Degree Programme Table: Contemporary History (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCCOHIS1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

  • Notes:
    Option courses will only run in ONE semester, EITHER Semester one OR Semester Two.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGHC11334 Historical Research: Skills and Sources Semester 1 20
    PGHC11335 Historical Methodology Semester 2 20
    PGHC11313 Dissertation, Taught MSc in History Full Year 60
    PGHC11362 Introduction to Contemporary History Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGHC11111    Contemporary Scotland   20  
    PGHC11153    The British at War, 1939-1945   20  
    PGHC11155    Exploitation, Expulsions, Extermination   20  
    PGHC11156    Home Fronts: Belligerents (excluding Britain) and Neutrals   20  
    PGHC11158    Unionism in Ireland and Britain, c. 1800-2000   20  
    PGHC11159    Themes in Modern British and Irish Historiography   20  
    PGHC11160    Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1950   20  
    PGHC11190    Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990   20  
    PGHC11192    The Civil Rights Movement   20  
    PGHC11218    Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins   20  
    PGHC11235    Cinema and Society in Britain   20  
    PGHC11250    Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Britain c. 1860-1960   20  
    PGHC11272    Themes in African Social History   20  
    PGHC11273    The United States and the Vietnam War: Origins and Repercussions   20  
    PGHC11274    The Sixties in the United States   20  
    PGHC11298    Ethnicity, Class and Power in 20th Century Africa   20  
    PGHC11341    The United States and the Cold War   20  
    PGHC11339    War and Identities in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland   20  
    PGHC11330    The Politics of Historiography in Post-Colonial South Asia   20  
    PGHC11332    History as Romance, Profession, Critique: Theory and Scholarship in the West, 1835 to 1985   20  
    PGHC11361    Topics in post-1945 European History   20  
    PGHC11358    Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present   20  

    Notes:1. Courses run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2.
    2. The range of option modules available may vary according to staffing arrangements.
    3. It may be possible for students to undertake appropriate alternative option courses with the approval of the Programme Director.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGHC11111    Contemporary Scotland   20  
    PGHC11153    The British at War, 1939-1945   20  
    PGHC11155    Exploitation, Expulsions, Extermination   20  
    PGHC11156    Home Fronts: Belligerents (excluding Britain) and Neutrals   20  
    PGHC11158    Unionism in Ireland and Britain, c. 1800-2000   20  
    PGHC11159    Themes in Modern British and Irish Historiography   20  
    PGHC11160    Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1950   20  
    PGHC11190    Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990   20  
    PGHC11192    The Civil Rights Movement   20  
    PGHC11218    Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins   20  
    PGHC11235    Cinema and Society in Britain   20  
    PGHC11250    Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Britain c. 1860-1960   20  
    PGHC11272    Themes in African Social History   20  
    PGHC11273    The United States and the Vietnam War: Origins and Repercussions   20  
    PGHC11274    The Sixties in the United States   20  
    PGHC11298    Ethnicity, Class and Power in 20th Century Africa   20  
    PGHC11341    The United States and the Cold War   20  
    PGHC11339    War and Identities in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland   20  
    PGHC11330    The Politics of Historiography in Post-Colonial South Asia   20  
    PGHC11332    History as Romance, Profession, Critique: Theory and Scholarship in the West, 1835 to 1985   20  
    PGHC11361    Topics in post-1945 European History   20  
    PGHC11358    Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present   20  

    Notes:1. Courses run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2.
    2. The range of option modules available may vary according to staffing arrangements.
    3. It may be possible for students to undertake appropriate alternative option courses with the approval of the Programme Director.
     



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