DPT: History (MA Hons) (UTHISTY)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

Buddhism in Global Contexts

Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

Religion in Modern Britain

Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories

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 A

Introduction to the History of Philosophy B

History of Science 1

History of Western Medicine

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.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, 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.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 2. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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

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

Buddhism in Global Contexts

Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

Religion in Modern Britain

Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories

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 A

Introduction to the History of Philosophy B

History of Science 1

History of Western Medicine

AND

In order to progress to honours years, you must ensure that at least 90 credits of your chosen courses across years 1 and 2 are at level 8. Please note that you may be restricted on the number of level 7 courses you can take depending on your degree programme.

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.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, 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)

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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)

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Süleyman the Magnificent

Mediterranean interactions in the Late Middle Ages: The Visual Culture of Byzantium, the Ottomans and the Italian penins

Early Modern English Witchcraft

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

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

Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages

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

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

Slavery in the Early Middle Ages

Adolescence in Medieval Europe

Revelry and Riot: Popular Culture in Britain, c.1400-1800

African Environmental History

Oceanic Histories and Monsoon Cultures: The Indian Ocean, 700-1750 CE

The End of an Empire: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453

After Byzantium: An Intellectual History of the Greek world, 15th-19th c.

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

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.

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

Time, Economics and Resource Allocation in Britain 1930-1990

Tradition and transformation in China's economy, 1949-2001

Post-Colonial South Asia

Black Nationalism in America

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

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

Modernity and Genocide

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

Revolutionary America, 1763-1815

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

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

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

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

Revolution and Reform in the Modern Middle East

Introduction to The Modern History of Sexuality

African Environmental History

Indigenous Peoples and U.S. History

History of Brazil

Collapse: The End of the Soviet Union and What Came Next, 1970-2020

Based on a True Story: Representing the Past in Museums and on Screen

The Forgotten Dictatorship: Portugal's Estado Novo, 1926-1974

After Byzantium: An Intellectual History of the Greek world, 15th-19th c.

Histories of the NHS: A National Religion?

AND

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

Empresses and Others: Women of Imperial Rome

Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia

After Alexander

Money, Men and Gods in Archaic and Classical Greece

Labour, Wealth, and Inequality: The Economy of the Classical Greek City-States

Seafaring and Society in the Ancient Greek World

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century

The Rise and Fall of a Star: Julius Caesar in Politics and War

Romans Overseas

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond

The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes

Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago

Marine Archaeology

Ancient Bodies: Archaeological Human Remains in their Social and Cultural Context

Heritage Studies and the Archaeology of the Contemporary World: Investigating How the Past Shapes the Present

Themes in Scottish Archaeology: from field to lab, collection to curation

CR Mackintosh: Architecture and Design in Edwardian Scotland

Architectures of Socialism

China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence

Political Economy of Korean Development

Unwritten Korea: Understanding Korean Society and Culture through Contemporary Arts and Films

Korean History, Culture, and Society

Korean Politics and International Relations

Global Cities: Seoul and comparative perspectives

Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia

Media, Propaganda and the State in Modern China

Hellenistic Art

Medieval Welsh Literature

The Isle of Man: Language, Culture and History

Race and Ethnicity in the Roman World

Boundaries of the Human: gender, madness and werewolves in medieval literature

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Jesus in Film

Old Testament Theology

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

Bertolt Brecht

Latin America: History and Culture Entwined

The Great Russian Novel

Culture and Power under Stalin 1924-1953

Viking Studies

Old Norse Literature and Society

Cradle to Grave: Art and Society in Britain from Holbein to Hogarth

Picturing Science in Premodern Manuscripts and Printed Books

Imaging/Imagining the Americas: Cartography and Ecology across the Renaissance Atlantic

History and Culture of Iran

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World

Gulf Histories, Cultures, and Societies

Trade, Commerce and Society in the Roman Empire

Crime and Punishment in Enlightenment Scotland

Global Legal Histories

History of English Private Law

Innovations from Global South Actors

Contemporary Russian Politics

South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy

Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice

Religion and Society

Nations and Nationalism

Globalization

Diversities: Canada and Beyond

Contemporary Feminist Debates

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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