You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including two compulsory courses and a range of optional courses. Core courses You will take two compulsory courses, which will provide a general introduction to graduate study in history and give you the opportunity to develop your research skills. The compulsory courses for this programme are: Course name Credits Historical Research: Skills and Sources 20 Historical Methodology 20 Optional courses Option Courses 2024-2025 You will choose a further 80 credits from a wide selection of optional courses, subject to availability. * * Please note that the list of courses below is provisional and subject to change. Course name Credits An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s 20 Black Activism in Britain since 1800 20 Cinema and Society in England and Scotland 20 Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present 20 Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990 20 Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent 20 Contemporary Scotland 20 Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis 20 Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Scotland and England c. 1860-1960 20 Genocide in Contemporary History 20 Global Environmental History 20 Intellectual History of the American Revolution 20 Making Histories: Theories and Practices in Writing History 20 Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages 20 Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland 20 Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War I 20 Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland 20 Scottish Reformation Culture, c. 1540-c. 1640 20 The Civil Rights Movement 20 The Cold War in Latin America 20 The European Enlightenments, 1670 - 1820 20 The Future of the Past? Doing History in the Digital Era 20 The Global Renaissance 20 The Medieval Indian Ocean: Climates, Communities and Commodities 20 The Politics of History in the Arabic-Speaking World (c.1750-Present) 20 The United States and the Cold War 20 Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies 20 You may also be able to select up to one course from the Online MSc History programme. Course name Credits British Empires, 1601-1948 (online) 20 Debating Marriage Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages (online) 20 Gender, Empire, and Labour in the Nineteenth Century: Perspectives from the Wider World (online) 20 Myth and the History of Scholarship in Early Modern Europe (online) 20 Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War I (online) 20 The Closest of Enemies: Cuban-American Relations 1898-2014 (online) 20 The Contemporary Theory of War (online) 20 The Holocaust (online) 20 The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (online) 20 Theories of Empire in the Early Modern Period (online) 20 Courses for those studying from September 2025 will be available from April 2025. Option courses 2023/24 Select between 60 and 80 credits of the following History courses: An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s Black Activism in Britain since 1800 Body and soul in early medieval thought Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990 Contemporary Scotland Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis Genocide in Contemporary History Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War II Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches The Civil Rights Movement The Cold War in Latin America The 'Dark Side': Dark Tourism and Difficult Heritages The Demise of the Slave-Holding American South, 1846-1877 The European Enlightenments, 1670 - 1820 The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain The Politics of History in the Arabic-Speaking World (c.1750-Present) The Sixties in the United States The United States and the Cold War 'The wisest fool in Christendom': the Ideas and Writings of James VI & I Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following online courses: An Age of Great Dreams: The 1960s in the United States (online) An Imperial Game? Cricket, Culture & Society (online) Charles Martel in the Digital Age (Online) Consensus to Thatcherism: Government and Politics in Post-War Britain (online) Crisis and Conflict in Late-Victorian Britain (online) Empire or Continent?: British Foreign Policy in the Era of the Great War (online) Freedom and Coercion in the Making of the Atlantic World (online) Islamic Africa (Online) Medicine and Society in Modern Britain (Online) Seeking 'Japan' in a Westernizing World: Revolution, Romance, and Imperialism, 1868 - 1945 (online) The Crusades and the Euro-Mediterranean world of the Central Middle Ages (online) The School of Statecraft: History, Leadership, and Policymaking (online) Option courses 2022/23 Select between 60 and 80 credits of the following History courses: African Print Cultures: Newspapers and their Publics in Modern African History, c. 1880 to 1975 Athens of the North: The Scottish Enlightenment Cinema and Society in Britain Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Britain c. 1860-1960 Introduction to Contemporary History Islamic Africa Medicine and Society in Modern Britain Medieval Men and Masculinities Narrating Native Histories Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War II Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches The Civil Rights Movement The 'Dark Side': Dark Tourism and Difficult Heritages The Demise of the Slave-Holding American South, 1846-1877 The European Enlightenments, 1670 - 1820 The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain The Nine Lives of the Medieval Church The Politics of Historiography in Post-Colonial South Asia The Scientific Revolution in Global Perspective The Sources of Medieval History The United States and the Vietnam War: Origins and Repercussions 'The wisest fool in Christendom': the Ideas and Writings of James VI & I Themes in Scottish Historiography Themes in the Historiography of the Americas Thinking the 20th Century - Hannah Arendt and the breakdown of European Civilization Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies War and Identities in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following online courses: Athens of the North: the Origins and Ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment (online) British Empires, 1601-1948 (online) British Politics and Policy in the Second World War (online) Genocide in Contemporary History (online) Modern Latin American History (online) Narrating Native Histories (online) Seeking 'Japan' in a Westernizing World: Revolution, Romance, and Imperialism, 1868 - 1945 (online) The American Civil War and Reconstruction (online) The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (online) The Shadow of Versailles: Europe Between the Wars, 1918-1939 (online) The Trial of the Templars (online) Willingly to War? The Origins of the First World War (online) Teaching and assessment The courses are mostly taught in small-group seminars. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work. Some courses also assess non-written skills. Further information You can see more details about the 2024/25 programme structure on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in History. We expect the 2025/26 programme structure to be available from May 2025. This article was published on 2024-06-19
