DPT: History (MA Hons) (UTHISTY)

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

First year students on this programme will be asked to complete a pre-course enrolment form online, prior to arriving in Welcome Week. Full details on how to do this will be provided in the email we send to you in late August. Please consider the following courses.

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

Compulsory courses

The Historian's Toolkit

Must be passed

Early Modern History: A Connected World

Must be passed

Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages

Must be passed

Course options

You may only choose one History course (course codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Archaeology 1A

Archaeology 1B

Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism

Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture

The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making

The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons

The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome

The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

British Economic and Environmental History since 1900

History of Art 1A Art and Belief in Europe, 500 to 1700

History of Art 1B Art at the Crossroads of World Cultures 600 to 1700

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

Introduction to the History of Philosophy

History of Western Medicine

Themes and Perspectives in the History of Science

AND

You may not choose History (course codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option.

A maximum of 40 credits may be taken at level 7.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

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

All second year students will be asked to complete a course enrolment form online from the selection below. Full details will be provided by email. During Induction Week, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor to confirm your attendance and discuss any queries you have in relation to your course preferences.

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

Compulsory courses

Introduction to Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

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

History of the United States

AND

You can only choose 20 credits of History courses (codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

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

The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

Archaeology 2B: Archaeology in Action

Archaeology 2A: Scotland before History

Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism

Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture

Urbanism and the City: Past to Present

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

The Global Economy since 1750

History of Art 1A Art and Belief in Europe, 500 to 1700

History of Art 1B Art at the Crossroads of World Cultures 600 to 1700

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

Introduction to the History of Philosophy

History of Western Medicine

Themes and Perspectives in the History of Science

AND

You may not choose History (course codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, 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, this can include 'The Transformation of the Roman World' (Please note, this does not include ECSH courses listed in the 'Outside course' collection)

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

Historical Skills and Methods I

Historical Skills and Methods II

Course options

Students MUST take at least 1 course from this collection.

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

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

The Long Twelfth Century: Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades (1071-1204)

Early Modern English Witchcraft

Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730

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

Culture and Society in Early Modern China

Merchants, Pirates and Crusaders in the late medieval Mediterranean

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

The kings in the north: Scotland in the early Middle Ages

No such thing as a free gift: a long history of donation

The Invention of Race: Early Modern Intellectual History and the Atlantic World

Characters and Caricatures: The Printed Image in England, 1700-1820

Pictures and Propaganda: The Printed Image in England, 1500-1700

The Rise and Fall of the Human Empire? The History of the Anthropocene

The English Discovery of Russia, 1553-1648

Adolescence in Medieval Europe

Slavery and Forced Labour in the British Atlantic World

Global Asia: Contact, Exchange and Colonialism in the Early Modern World

From Covenanting Revolution to Jacobite Rebellion: Scottish Politics, 1638-1747

AND

Students MUST take at least 1 course from this collection.

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

Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949

Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949

Time, Economics and Resource Allocation in Britain 1930-1990

The Demon Drink: producing, consuming and opposing alcohol in Britain and Ireland, c. 1760 to 1921

Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952

The United States in the 1960s

Black Nationalism in America

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

Restoration Spain, 1875-1923

Revolutionary Russia, 1861-1921

War and Memory in the Twentieth Century

The Third Reich 1933-1945