DPT: Economic and Social History (MA Hons) (UTECNSH)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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.

Compulsory courses

British Economic and Environmental History since 1900

British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)

The Historian's Toolkit

Course options

Economic Applications

Economic Principles

Economics 1

Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society

Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems

Earth Dynamics

Human Geography

Earth Surface Systems

Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters

Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course

Political Thinkers

Politics in a Changing World: An Introduction for non-specialists

AND

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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.

This information is correct for students in year 2 in session 17/18. Students entering year 2 in session 18/19 will be required to take Introduction to Historiography.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

At least one Economic History and one Social History course to be taken at Level 8 unless exempted by Head of Subject Area.

The Making of the Modern Body

The Global Economy since 1750

Global Connections since 1450

AND

Students are strongly encouraged to take Introduction to Historiography.

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World

Economics 2

Issues in Global Economics

Environmental Sensitivity and Change

Geomorphology

Economic and Political Geography

Social and Cultural Geography

The Making of the United States

Modern United States History

Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales c.1100 - c1500

Britain, Ireland and Empire c. 1800-2000

Themes in Scottish History since 1560

Themes in Modern European History

Introduction to Historiography

International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond

Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field

Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically

Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life

AND

Further information on course options and recommendations is available on the Subject Area website.

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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 60 credits of second year History courses including the compulsory Economic and Social History courses.

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

History in Practice

History in Theory

Course options

Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939

Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974

Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1974

Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970

Sex and Society in Britain since c.1830

Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830

Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949

London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture

Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment

Time, Economics and Resource Allocation in Britain 1930-1990

Malfeasance and misbehaviour in finance: perceptions and realities, 1636 to the present

'Revolutions' in Economic and Social History

Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500

Early Modern English Witchcraft

Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe

War and Memory in the Twentieth Century

Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars

Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814

Bitter Weed: A Global History of Tea

A Cultural History of the Environment: From Natural Hazards to Natural Disasters, ca 1500-1750

Culture and Society in Early Modern China

The Cult of Saints in Medieval Christendom, 1200-1500: A Global History?

Scotland and the Great War

The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974

Agriculture and Society in Early Modern Scotland

AND

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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

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

Note that the topic for HIST10309 History Dissertation must be in Economic and Social History.