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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Students complete two core courses, four specialised option courses and the MSc Dissertation over the duration of the Degree. Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2, the range of specialised courses will vary depending on staffing availability.

Compulsory courses

Historical Research: Skills & Sources (online)

Historical Research: Approaches to History (online)

Dissertation, Taught MSc in History

Course options

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Willingly to War? The Origins of the First World War (online)

Seeking 'Japan' in a Westernizing World: Revolution, Romance, and Imperialism, 1868 - 1945 (online)

The American Civil War and Reconstruction (online)

Athens of the North: the Origins and Ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment (online)

The Shadow of Versailles: Europe Between the Wars, 1918-1939 (online)

The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (online)

British Empires, 1601-1948 (online)

British Politics and Policy in the Second World War (online)

The Trial of the Templars (online)

Modern Latin American History (online)

Genocide in Contemporary History (online)

Narrating Native Histories (online)

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