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Degree Programme Table: Social History (MA Hons) (UTSOHIS)

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

  • Notes: All first year students should make an appointment with their Personal Tutor during Fresher Week period. 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 
    ECSH08029 British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1) As available 20
    HIST08036 The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 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
    SCIL08004    Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society   20  
    SCIL08005    Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   20  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   20  
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCAN08013    Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course   20  
    SCAN08012    Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT08011    Political Thinkers   20  
    PLIT08012    Politics in a Changing World: An Introduction for non-specialists   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL08005    Politics of the Welfare State   20  
    SCPL08004    Social Policy and Society   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.

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


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECSH08041 Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body Semester 2 20




    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
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    ECNM08006    Economics 2   40  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    PLIT08006    International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond   20  
    ECNM08012    Issues in Global Economics   20  
    SCHI08011    Modern Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08012    Scottish History since 1914   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  
    SCAN08004    Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field   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  
    ECSH08041    Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body   20  
    SCIL08012    Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically   20  
    SCIL08013    Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life   20  
    ECSH08040    Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1   20  
    ECSH08039    Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2   20  
    HIST08037    The Making of the United States   20  
    HIST08038    Modern United States History   20  

     
    AND   

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

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ECSH08040     Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ECSH08039     Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2     (20 credits)

     



    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 Social History or Social and Political Studies courses, including the compulsory Social History course.

    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 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CHCA10001 History in Practice Semester 2 20
    HIST10407 History in Theory As available 20




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


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10070    Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970   20  
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10279    Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10280    Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10082    Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10017    Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10072    Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500   20  
    HIST10342    Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars   20  
    HIST10160    Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England   20  
    ECSH10026    The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770   20  
    HIST10362    The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   20  
    HIST10172    The Making of African Urban Spaces in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Order, Disorder and Urban Identities   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    HIST10349    Wine in Global History: Regulation, Consumption and Contention   20  
    SCHI10010    Contemporary Scotland   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    HIST10291    Africa: Migration and Identity   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    HIST10372    In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present   40  
    HIST10379    Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  
    ECSH10091    London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture   20  
    HIST10261    Early Modern English Witchcraft   20  
    HIST10398    Medicine and health in Anglo-Saxon England and its neighbours   20  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10407    History in Theory   20  

    Notes:Only 20-credit courses can be taken in Year 3.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A, E, H, J, N and W, as available

     


    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 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    HIST10309 History Dissertation Full Year 40
    Notes: The dissertation topic must be in social history




    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
    ECSH10084    Edinburgh since 1750   20  
    ECSH10070    Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970   20  
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10279    Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10280    Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10082    Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10017    Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    HIST10291    Africa: Migration and Identity   20  
    HIST10072    Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500   20  
    HIST10342    Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars   20  
    HIST10160    Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England   20  
    ECSH10026    The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770   20  
    HIST10362    The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile   20  
    HIST10172    The Making of African Urban Spaces in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Order, Disorder and Urban Identities   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    HIST10349    Wine in Global History: Regulation, Consumption and Contention   20  
    HIST10364    Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy   20  
    ECSH10031    Heritage in Britain since c.1750   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    HIST10341    War and Memory in the Twentieth Century   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  
    ECSH10091    London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture   20  
    HIST10398    Medicine and health in Anglo-Saxon England and its neighbours   20  
    HIST10261    Early Modern English Witchcraft   20  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A, E, H, J, N and W, as available

     


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