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Degree Programme Table: History and Politics (MA Hons) (UTHISPO)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: All First year students should make an appointment with their Personal Tutor during Induction Week. Please consider the following courses, and take a draft plan to your meeting.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

    This information is correct for September 2016 entry. The curriculum for subsequent years is currently under review.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT08004 Introduction to Politics and International Relations As available 20
    PLIT08011 Political Thinkers As available 20




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08015    Celtic Civilisation 1B   20  
    ECHS08004    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B   20  
    ECHS08005    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A   20  
    ECSH08029    British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)   20  
    ECSH08036    British Economic and Environmental History since 1900   20  
    CLGE08001    The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making   20  
    CLGE08002    The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons   20  
    CLGE08003    The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome   20  
    CLGE08004    The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire   20  
    HIST08035    Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages   20  
    HIST08034    Early Modern History: A Connected World   20  
    HIST08033    Making of the Modern World   20  
    HIST08036    The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City   20  
    HIST08032    The Historian's Toolkit   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: During Induction Week, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor or a Student Support Officer to confirm your course choices and attendance.

    If tranferring to single honours Politics, student must take "Introduction to Political Data Analysis".


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT08006 International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond As available 20
    PLIT08008 Comparative Politics in a Globalized World As available 20




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



    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH08039    Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2   20  
    ECSH08040    Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1   20  
    SCHI08011    Modern Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08012    Scottish History since 1914   20  
    ECSH08041    Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body   20  
    ANHI08014    Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World   20  
    ANHI08013    Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History   20  
    HIST08027    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2B   20  
    HIST08028    Asia and Africa 2a: Societies, Cultures, and Empires, c. 1600-1880   20  
    HIST08029    Asia and Africa 2b: Nationalisms, Liberation Movements and the Legacies of Colonialism, c. 1880-Present Day   20  
    ECHS08009    Social Christianity in Britain, Germany and the United States, 1848-1930   20  
    ECHS08002    Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe   20  
    ECHS08010    Christianity in Formation 100-313   20  
    HIST08038    Modern United States History   20  
    HIST08037    The Making of the United States   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires
    (i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years,
    (ii) passes at 50% or above, achieved at the first attempt, in 40 credits of second year History courses and in 40 credits of the compulsory second year Politics courses.

    If considering taking the Politics dissertation in Year 4 students are strongly recommended to take "Research Design in Politics and International Relations".


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 12 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10054    Global Justice and Citizenship   20  
    PLIT10060    Approaches to Politics and International Relations   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   20  
    PLIT10099    Democracy in Divided Societies   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10108    Critical Theory and Cinema   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  

     

    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:
    1. Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
    2. ARCA10035: The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans (20 credits) is also available as an option choice in this group.

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Economic and Social History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Scottish History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Ancient History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIAR10013    The Detailed Imagination: Netherlandish Painting in the Age of Jan van Eyck   20  
    HIAR10035    Scottish Art in the Age of Change 1945-2000   20  
    HIAR10068    Sinners, Saints and Seers: Scottish, Irish and English art from 600-900   20  
    HIAR10070    Rome: From Imperial Capital to Holy City, c. 300-1300   20  
    HIAR10082    The Rise of Islamic Art   20  
    ECHS10006    Creation of a Protestant Scotland, 1558-1638   20  
    HIAR10114    How to Make Italian Renaissance Art: Media, Methods and Materials in Theory and Practice 1400-1550   20  
    ECHS10012    The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451 3/4   20  
    ECHS10005    Early North African Christianity 3/4   20  
    ECHS10013    Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999 3/4   20  
    ECHS10017    Medieval Religion in Scotland, c1400-c1560   20  
    ECHS10018    Tudor Reformations   20  
    ECHS10016    Evangelism and Empire: Christianity in Africa, 1800 to the present   20  
    ECHS10015    Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672 3/4   20  
    ECHS10019    Christian Encounters in Asia, 1700 to the Present   20  
    ECHS10004    Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914 3/4   20  
    THET10044    Reformation: Religion in Europe, 1500-1600   20  
    HIAR10009    From Jacobitism to Romanticism: The (Re)invention of Scotland in Visual and Material Culture   20  
    HIAR10143    Cradle to Grave: Art and Society in Britain from Holbein to Hogarth   20  
    HIAR10124    Golden Age Spain: Art, Politics and Religion   20  
    HIAR10039    The High Renaissance in Rome and Florence   20  

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:1. Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
    2. ARCA10035: The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans (20 credits) can also be taken
    3. History in Practice is strongly recommended if intending to take Dissertation in history

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Economic and Social History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:1. Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
    2. History in Practice is strongly recommended if intending to take Dissertation in history

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Scottish History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Ancient History Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
     

    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   20  
    PLIT10099    Democracy in Divided Societies   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10108    Critical Theory and Cinema   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: During Induction Week, please contact a member of staff to confirm your attendance.

    The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10303    The Spanish Civil War   40  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10306    The Rise of the Right in the United States, c.1945-c.1990   40  
    HIST10372    In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present   40  
    HIST10334    The American Civil War: History and Memory   40  
    SCHI10018    Highland Problems,1851 to 1953   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  
    HIST10385    Dreams and nightmares: the culture and politics of postwar Europe, 1945-1975   40  
    HIST10092    Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950   40  
    HIST10368    Genocide in the Modern World: theories and case studies   40  
    HIST10356    The Conquest Generation, 1087-1135: England and Henry 1   40  
    HIST10388    Daughters, Wives and Mothers: Women in England, c.1300-1500   40  
    SCHI10075    Atlantic Encounters. Scotland and the North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century   40  
    HIST10390    Culture and the Arts in Post-war Scotland   40  
    HIST10391    The Bandung Moment: Revolution, Anti-Imperialism and Afro-Asian Connections in the Global Twentieth Century   40  
    HIST10392    The United States and the Nuclear Proliferation Problem, 1945-2015   40  
    HIST10386    Rational Animals: Human Nature in Early Modern Thought   40  
    HIST10400    Cultures of Disaster: History and the Environment, ca. 1400-1750   40  
    HIST10339    Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800   40  
    HIST10402    The Lands Between: Eastern Europe from the Partitions of Poland to the Fall of Communism   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10308    The United States in Vietnam: History and Consequences   40  
    HIST10336    Stalin's Russia, 1921-1941   40  
    HIST10358    Colonial Wars and Modernizing Missions: Europe's violent Transformations of the non-European World in the 20th Century   40  
    HIST10401    Chinese Whispers: China in the Western Imagination, 1600-2008   40  
    HIST10155    The American Civil Rights Movement   40  
    HIST10404    Revolution and the End of Slavery in the British and French Atlantic Worlds   40  
    HIST10403    Damnation and redemption in the medieval world: a journey through Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   20  
    PLIT10099    Democracy in Divided Societies   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10108    Critical Theory and Cinema   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  

     
    AND   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, during Full Year
    HIST10309     History Dissertation     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, during Full Year
    PLIT10030     Dissertation (MA Politics)     (40 credits)

     



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