Scottish History

Bachelor's degree

In Stirling

£ 11,845 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Stirling (Scotland)

Introduction:
Scottish History regularly achieves above average student satisfaction in the National Student Survey with particular strengths in staff enthusiasm for the subject and detailed feedback on coursework.
Study of the Scottish past and identity is growing in popularity. The University and city of Stirling lie in the heart of a landscape steeped in the history of the Scottish nation. The Scottish History degree provides a challenging course, which seeks to explore the myths as well as the realities of Scotland’s history.
History at Stirling has experts researching and teaching in many aspects of the political, social, environmental and economic history of Scotland, from the Vikings to the present day. You will tackle questions central to understanding both Scotland’s past and present, which provide a window on Scotland’s interaction with the wider world.
Teaching of History at Stirling has been commended and our research rated excellent. With this degree, you can access a range of careers, such as teaching; journalism; business management; local and national government; law; the heritage industry; and conservation.
This subject may be studied in combination with a number of other subjects - learn more.

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Location

Start date

Stirling
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University Of Stirling, FK9 4LA

Start date

On request

About this course

Alternative routes
History welcomes Year 2 entrants either from HND or through A-levels and Advanced Highers (see criteria above). Such students are often especially motivated and committed to their studies, even though the induction semester provides a better opportunity to meet fellow students and to grow accustomed to the new surroundings.

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  • Teaching
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Course programme

Structure and content

Scottish History may be taken as a Single Honours degree, as well as in a number of Combined degrees in a Scottish History stream of the History degree.


Students take Scottish History plus two other subjects in Year 1.


Semesters 1 - 3

You will take the following core modules:



  • Scotland in pre-modern Europe c.1200-1707: An introduction

  • Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations

  • Reputations in History


Semesters 4 - 6

You will normally take at least six modules in Scottish History, chosen from the following:



  • Scotland in the Age of Wallace and Bruce

  • Stewart Scotland, 1406-1488: Kingship or Tyranny?

  • Castles: Power and Authority, Landscapes and Contexts

  • 'For God, King and Parliament': the birth of modern Europe c1500-c1700

  • Union, Rebellion and 'Ages' New: Scotland, 1707-c1830

  • 19th-century Scotland, c1800-1914

  • Everyday life in Victorian Britain - Hands on History

  • Picts in Perspective: Archaeology and the Historian


In addition, Single Honours students must take the Semester 6 module Approaches and Methods.


Semesters 7 - 8

Honours students take a ‘special subject’ involving the use of printed documentary collections and other source material. Single Honours students also write a supervised dissertation of between 14,000 and 16,000 words on a chosen research topic. The range of special subjects includes:



  • Bruce and Stewart Scotland, 1329-1406

  • The ‘Golden Age’ of the Scottish Parliament: 1660-1707

  • Environment, Landscape and Improvement in the North Atlantic World, c1500-c1900

  • Government and Society in Scotland, 1800-1914: Problems and Responses

Scottish History

£ 11,845 + VAT