THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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

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

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Gaelic 1A

Gaelic 1B

Earth Dynamics

Introduction to the Geological Record

British Economic and Environmental History since 1900

Introduction to Community Education

Community Education: Theory, Policy and Politics

Developing professional identity in community education

Working With Individuals and Groups

Primary Literacies 1: Developing literacy in the early stages

Educational Studies 1b: Teaching, learning and the Curriculum for Excellence

Educational Studies 1a: Introduction to Education and Education Research

Primary Studies 1: The Nature of Knowledge

Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy 1: An Introduction to Physical Education

German 1A

German 1B

German 2 Literature and Culture

German 2 Language

The Historian's Toolkit

Making of the Modern World

Early Modern History: A Connected World

Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages

The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City

Introduction to Historiography

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Calculus and its Applications

Introduction to Politics and International Relations

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

Global Religions A: Judaism, Buddhism, Islam

Global Religions B: Indigenous African Religions and Religions of Asia

Religion in Modern Britain

Scottish Studies 1A: Conceptualising Scotland

Scottish Studies 1B: Creating Scotland

Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society

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

Social Policy and Society

Politics of the Welfare State

Sport Science 1A: Physiology & Skill Acquisition

Sport Science 1B: Biomechanics & Sport Psychology

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

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Gaelic 2A

Gaelic 2B

Linguistics and the Gaelic Language

Global Tectonics and the Rock Cycle

Geomaterials

Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1

The Making of the Modern Body

The Global Economy since 1750

Concepts and Controversies in Community Education

An Introduction to Research in Community Settings

Community Education Professional Practice 1

Mathematics in Primary Education

Educational Studies 2b: Inclusion and Citizenship in the 21st Century

Educational Studies 2a: Child & Adolescent Development in Education

Understanding Physical Culture: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives

Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy 2: The Early Secondary Years

Professional practice and enquiry

The promotion of safe and effective practice in the professional environment

Primary Studies 2: Learning and Integrating the Curriculum

German 2

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

Linguistics and English Language 1A

Proofs and Problem Solving

Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations

Studying Religions

Global Religions B: Indigenous African Religions and Religions of Asia

Religion in Modern Britain

Scotland and Orality

Visualising Scotland

Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society

Social Work: Policy and Legal Frameworks

Sport Science 2A: Biochemistry of Exercise & Skill Acquisition

Sport Science 2C: Information Skills & Biomechanics

Scotland: Society and Politics

Science and Society 1A

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Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

EDUA10193 Educational Studies 3: Teaching for Social Justice is a compulsory course for students from the MA Primary Education with Earth Sciences, MA Primary Education with Mathematics, MA Primary Education with Scottish Studies, MA Primary Education with Religious Studies, MA Primary Education with History and MA Physical Education programmes.

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

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EDUA10193 Educational Studies 3: Teaching for Social Justice is a compulsory course for students from the MA Primary Education with Earth Sciences, MA Primary Education with Mathematics, MA Primary Education with Scottish Studies, MA Primary Education with Religious Studies, MA Primary Education with History and MA Physical Education programmes.

History in Practice

History in Theory

Quaternary Environmental Change

Field Skills for Geologists

Sedimentology

Global Environmental Change- Foundations

Geoscience Outreach and Engagement

Palaeontology and Sedimentology

Igneous, Metamorphic and Ore Processes

Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880

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

Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713

Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640

Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640

The Economic and Social History of British America, 1607-1770

Heritage in Britain since c.1750

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

Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880

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, 1842-1949

Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949

Modern Language

Independent Study Project (Community Education)

Children's Fiction

Additional Support for Learning: Inclusive Approaches

Gender and Primary Education

Politics, Policy & Professional Identity in Community Education

Community Education Methods and Approaches: Developing Dialogue

Adult Education

Community Work

Youth Work

Community Education Professional Practice 2

Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory

Community Education Professional Practice 3

Community Education Honours Dissertation

Outdoor Learning and Primary Education

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) option

Cognitive and Social Child Development in Education

Problem solving and enquiry in primary school mathematics

Developing as a Mathematics Educator

Primary Literacies 2: Developing literacies in the middle and upper stages

Professional Experience and Practice (MA Primary Education with...)

Educational Studies 4: Independent Research Project in Education

Physical Education Perspectives 4

Professional Development & Leadership 2

Physical Education and Curriculum and Pedagogy 4: Aims and Concepts

Physical Education Perspectives 3

Professional Development & Leadership 1

Physical Education and Curriculum Pedagogy 3: National Awards

Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Primary School: theory and policy into practice

Education and Gaelic in Scotland

Primary Studies 3: Learning Through and For Practice (Gaelic)

Educational Studies 3: Teaching for Social Justice

Primary Studies Course 3 : Learning Through and For Practice

Primary Studies 3 ( with German) : Learning Through and For Practice

Professional Experience and Practice (MA Primary Education with German Programme)

ERASMUS exchange MA Primary Education with German

Theory and Pedagogy of Bilingual and Immersion Education

Contemporary Visions of Primary Physical Education

Professional Experience and Practice (Gaelic-medium education)

Managing Professional Life

Bertolt Brecht

The Nibelungenlied and its reception in modern Germany

The Third Reich in Literature and Testimony

Germany and Islam

From Girls in Uniform to Men in Drag: Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity on the German Screen

Goethe and Schiller

German Language for Students of Education

Deutscher Buchpreis: Trends in Contemporary German Literature

Methodology of History 1

The Fall of Rome

Making Histories: Current Theories in Writing History

India 1700 - 1947: Raj, Rebellion and Ryot

Post-Colonial South Asia

Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952

China's Twentieth Century Revolutions

Britain and the Falklands War

Italy and the Mediterranean from Constantine to the Crusades

Renaissance Italians

Black Nationalism in America

The American South since the Civil War

Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England

The Holocaust

Catholic Christendom, 1450-1650

Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970

Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx

Early Modern English Witchcraft

The Normans in Eleventh-Century Europe

Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe

Medicine, Science and Politics at the Courts of Early Modern Europe

The Making of Modern Ireland, c.1798-1940: Politics and Society

Africa: Migration and Identity

Restoration Spain, 1875-1923

The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the U.S. South, 1789-1860

Revolutionary Russia, 1861-1921

The French Revolution

War and Memory in the Twentieth Century

Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars

Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Indigenous Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa 3/4

New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4

Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics

New Age Beliefs and Practices

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

Theravada Buddhism

Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Religions in Africa

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Kings and Kindreds: Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the Later Middle Ages

Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland

General Scottish History Paper

Scottish Politics since 1906

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

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