DPT: English Literature and History (MA Hons) (UTENLHI)

Entry to year 3 requires:
(1) a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Literary Studies 2A and 2B and
(2) a mark of 50% or above in 40 credits of second year History courses at the first attempt.

Compulsory courses

Introduction to Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Literary Studies 2A: English Literature in the World, 1380-1788

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Literary Studies 2B: English Literature in the World, post-1789

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

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

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

Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism

Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture

Urbanism and the City: Past to Present

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

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

Introduction to the History of Philosophy

History of Western Medicine

Themes and Perspectives in the History of Science

AND

Students on this degree programme are not permitted to take Scottish Literature 2A or 2B.

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

Students wishing to undertake a Dissertation in English Literature are strongly recommended to take all four Critical Practice courses.

Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

From Third Year:
1. Honours option for History.
2. Honours option for History.
3. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 1.
4. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 2.
5. English Literature Critical Practice courses (2 x 10 credits) OR Honours option for History.
6. English Literature Critical Practice courses (2 x 10 credits) OR Honours option for History.

From Fourth Year:
7. Honours option for History.
8. Honours option for History.
9. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 1.
10. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 2.
11. Dissertation for English Literature or History.
12. Dissertation for English Literature or History.

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

Course options

Historical Skills & Methods II is strongly recommended if intending to take Dissertation in History. Please note that places on courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Selected courses must be passed

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

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

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

Early Modern English Witchcraft

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

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

Modernity and Genocide

The White Man's Burden: Race, Gender and the Victorian Empire

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

From Oligarchy to Democracy: the Politics of Reform in Great Britain and Ireland, 1828-1928

Culture and Society in Early Modern China

Merchants, Pirates and Crusaders in the late medieval Mediterranean

The People's Game: A Global History of Association Football, 1860-1939

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

Beyond Dictatorship: Human Rights in Latin America

Landscapes of Power: Brazil and its Histories

Historical Skills and Methods II

Historical Skills and Methods I

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

Science and Empire: from Enlightenment to Decolonisation, 1750-1965

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

History of the Modern World in 9 Things

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

Ottoman Modernities: Society, Economy, Culture in the 19th Century

Black Europe: Afropean Experience and Identity in Modern European History

Carnival in the Atlantic World: Play, Power and Politics

The English Discovery of Russia, 1553-1648

Adolescence in Medieval Europe

Slavery and Forced Labour in the British Atlantic World

Revolution and Reform in the Modern Middle East

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

Introduction to The Modern History of Sexuality

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

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

AND

English Literature 3 Honours Option course (semester 1)

Selected courses must be passed and taken during Semester 1

AND

English Literature 3 Honours Option course (semester 2)

Selected courses must be passed and taken during Semester 2

AND

Selected courses must be passed

Critical Practice: Prose

Critical Practice: Poetry

Critical Practice: Performance

Critical Practice: Criticism

AND

Selected courses must be passed

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

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

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

Early Modern English Witchcraft

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

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

Modernity and Genocide

The White Man's Burden: Race, Gender and the Victorian Empire

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

From Oligarchy to Democracy: the Politics of Reform in Great Britain and Ireland, 1828-1928

Culture and Society in Early Modern China

Merchants, Pirates and Crusaders in the late medieval Mediterranean

The People's Game: A Global History of Association Football, 1860-1939

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

Beyond Dictatorship: Human Rights in Latin America

Landscapes of Power: Brazil and its Histories

Historical Skills and Methods II

Historical Skills and Methods I

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

Science and Empire: from Enlightenment to Decolonisation, 1750-1965

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

History of the Modern World in 9 Things

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

Ottoman Modernities: Society, Economy, Culture in the 19th Century

Black Europe: Afropean Experience and Identity in Modern European History

Carnival in the Atlantic World: Play, Power and Politics

The English Discovery of Russia, 1553-1648

Adolescence in Medieval Europe

Slavery and Forced Labour in the British Atlantic World

Revolution and Reform in the Modern Middle East

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

Introduction to The Modern History of Sexuality

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

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

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

From Third Year:
1. Honours option for History.
2. Honours option for History.
3. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 1.
4. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 2.
5. English Literature Critical Practice courses (2 x 10 credits) OR Honours option for History.
6. English Literature Critical Practice courses (2 x 10 credits) OR Honours option for History.

From Fourth Year:
7. Honours option for History.
8. Honours option for History.
9. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 1.
10. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 2.
11. Dissertation for English Literature or History.
12. Dissertation for English Literature or History.

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