DPT: History and Sociology (MA Hons) (UTHISSO)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

All First year students should make an appointment with the 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

Compulsory courses

Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society

Must be passed

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

Must be passed

The Historian's Toolkit

Course options

Making of the Modern World

Early Modern History: A Connected World

Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages

AND

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

British Economic and Environmental History since 1900

Making of the Modern World

The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City

Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World

Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment

History of Medicine 1

History of Science 1

AND

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, 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.

Compulsory courses

Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Introduction to Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Modern United States History

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

Britain, Ireland and Empire c. 1800-2000

Global Connections since 1450

Themes in Scottish History since 1560

Themes in Modern European History

AND

The Human Skeleton in Archaeology and Forensic Science: Investigating Death and the Dead

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

The Making of the Modern Body

The Global Economy since 1750

Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World

Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment

History of Medicine 1

History of Science 1

AND

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, 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 40 credits of second year History courses and in 40 credits of the compulsory second year Sociology 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.

Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead. Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.