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.

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).

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

You will work within the level of A2-B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in all skill areas.

Develop basic linguistic knowledge, 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 in all skill areas and selected skill areas of A2

You will develop linguistic knowledge, cultural awareness, and transferable communication skills. This will be of use to you in your personal and professional lives.

You will work within the level of B1 to B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in all skill areas.

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).

You will develop linguistic knowledge, cultural awareness, and transferable communication skills which will be of use to you in your personal and professional life. You will work within the level of A2-B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in all skills areas.

Develop basic linguistic knowledge, cultural awareness, and transferable communication skills which 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 in all skills areas and selected skill areas of A2

You will develop linguistic knowledge, cultural awareness, and transferable communication skills which will be of use to you in your personal and professional lives. You will work within the level of B1 to B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in all skill areas.

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.

A hands-on, interactive module about analysing and interpreting historical evidence, using sources from seventeenth-century Scotland, both in print and as digitised images of original manuscripts. It's about learning how to be a historian by thinking directly about how historians approach the challenges of interpretation presented by original sources.

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.

Understanding indigenous peoples' responses to European colonisation helps us to understand some of the most powerful forces that shaped the modern world. This module examines how Native Americans responded to European colonisation. It examines the transformation of Native society through forces such as trade, disease, warfare, and missionary activity.

This module explores the historical and contemporary significance of Atlantic slavery. You will gain an understanding of historical debates over slavery, how it is (mis)remembered, as well as current moves to repair its economic, social and cultural legacies.

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.

The module covers key historic developments across the African continent during the twentieth century. You will analyse enormous global changes from non-Western perspectives, including decolonisation, liberation movements, Cold War conflicts, state formation, and post-colonial governance through a range of case-studies.

While studying the major political events in the revolutionary decade, we will also learn how history is constructed in response to contemporary events. Ending in 1923, is the so-called Irish revolution emerging in the literature in the 1970s was partly a response to the post-1968 ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland.

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 explores the political development of Scotland in its final phase as an independent kingdom, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the passage of the Treaty of Union in 1707.

It covers the dynamics of Scottish politics and Scotland's place within the British conglomerate monarchy.

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.

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.