Teaching and assessment for History MA (Hons)

In this module you will view films hailing from the birth of cinema to the present day, exploring key techniques and issues in Film Studies.

This module explores the strengths and weaknesses of differing theories of literary interpretation. You will read poems, plays, and novels from a variety of historical periods together with works of literary theory while exploring weekly topics e.g. Beginnings, Character, Satire, Love and Desire, Secrets, The Body, and Fear and Terror.

This module provides you with a sense of the different roles that Humanities can play in today’s world by examining and contextualising several current issues and concepts around the question of the future through a study of examples based mainly upon historical, literary, and philosophical texts.

This module centres on Memory as a key concept in Humanities. Recent thinking has focussed on the nature of personal, collective, and cultural memory as shapers of individuals and society.

Rather than a stable repository, Memory is understood to be unreliable, conflicted, contested, transitory, and political

Revolutions is a key concept in modern political and intellectual history. But why do we refer to particular political event as 'revolutions'? How does the label 'revolution' affect how political ideologists and historians have interpreted the significance, the causes and consequences of highly complex and turbulent events in modern history.

This module studies the exchange of goods, people, and ideas that tied together Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

It explores the origins of globalization and provides a comparative understanding of the development of European empires in Africa and the Americas.

You will develop basic linguistic knowledge. You will learn cultural awareness and transferable communication skills. These will be of use to you in your personal and professional life.

You will work within the level of A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

This is a dynamic course on modern philosophy that explores the realms of thought and reality. It uncovers the minds that shape today's philosophical discussions, as it dives into the rich tapestry of contemporary philosophy.

This module will provide work experience alongside university study to further enhance employability and help you plan for your future.

It will suit students who can bring a professional attitude to their internship and are keen to take practical steps towards developing transferable skills for their future.

This module introduces important concepts about gender and sexuality and shows how these concepts have changed over time.

Lecturers from English Literature, Philosophy, History, Creative Writing, Film, and Languages offer influential ideas from their disciplines, and help you recognise how sex-gender systems have real and physical consequences in individuals' lives.

Covering the period 1603-c.1939, this module explores Scotland's interactions with the outside world.

Organised around cross-cutting themes like emigration, empire, trade, warfare, religion, and identity, the module's primary aim is to understand how Scotland fitted into the broader British, European, imperial, and global contexts.

This module explores important issues in contemporary America by examining its historical and cultural background. It also places the United States within a broader global context by making specific comparisons with the history of South Africa. This module focuses particularly on issues such as race, gender, violence, and colonialism.

This module will cover how History is studied and applied in current times. It explores the nature of History as a subject, as well as current trends and themes in historical studies.

The module will also give you a greater awareness of different approaches to communicating and consuming historical information.

This module explores the experiences and treatment of individuals or groups perceived as different or outside the mainstream in early modern Scotland (c.1550-c.1750). We will look at a series of case studies of discrete marginal groups.

In this module you will learn about the way public history and historical information is used and abused in contemporary everyday life in the province of Ulster on both sides of the border dividing Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.

This module covers the social, political, and cultural history of America during the 1960s, paying particular attention to the various social movements that emerged during that time.

This includes opposition to the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and feminism.

Your history research dissertation represents the culmination of your undergraduate studies. It is your chance to do historical research using primary sources and saying something new about the past.

The module focuses on the modern history of South Africa since 1948, examining the system of racial segregation known as apartheid, and the various struggles waged against racial oppression. The module covers a range of issues concerning social justice, human rights, and resistance to white-minority rule.

This module covers the history of Russia from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 to the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

The question of power is explored – how it is lost, contested, and regained, and what happens to society and culture in such circumstances.

This module examines the early history of New York City, once a Dutch colony. It explores Dutch perspectives on the New World before Hudson's 1609 voyage, the Dutch West India Company's efforts at colonization in the Hudson Valley, and the impact of the English capture of New Amsterdam in 1664.

This course considers the origins and development of the African American Freedom Struggle and seeks to impart an appreciation of the many complexities and contradictions within this history. Students will study civil rights leaders, their organisations and legal strategies, and alternative approaches to the “American dilemma” of discrimination and racism.

This module explores the history of the first fascist regime in the world – Mussolini’s Italy (1922-45).

This is a fascinating historical period, in which an oppressive dictatorial regime attempted to recast both Italy and the Italians themselves in a new nationalistic and militaristic mould.

In this Module you will begin to appreciate how film directors represent and construct the past and how this differs from the work and ambitions of academic historians.

Examining how Native American territory was converted into the heartland of the United States, and how the image of the heroic frontiersman was formed, provides insights into modern American culture. This module explores the development of the Trans-Appalachian West from the arrival of the first white colonists until 1830.

What does the history of Scottish nationalism tell us about the 'idea of Britain'? Who are the Scots and who are the British? What historical events led the people of Scotland in 2014 - for the first time in their history - to cast their vote on the 1707 Union? 

This module is about finding the everyday in unexpected places. You will explores themes of everyday life including gender, sexuality, food, clothing, leisure and recreation, poverty and illness, religion and the supernatural, emotions, the senses, and crime.