History

Students take History plus two other subjects in Year 1.

You will take the following modules:

• The Making of Modern Britain, 1707–2000: An introduction


• Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations


• Reputations in History

In each of these semesters you will normally choose one, two or three modules from a varied list of options, which include:

• Survey courses in 19th-century and 20th-century African, American, British, European and Scottish history


• Courses in historical sub-disciplines, including black history, environmental history, gender history, history and computing, political thought and revolution studies


• Specialist courses in particular countries and periods, such as South Africa and early modern Europe (1500 to 1700)

In addition, Honours History students and those taking a Combined Honours degree with Education must take the Semester 5 or 6 module Approaches and Methods: Dissertation Preparation for Honours History.

In Semesters 7 and 8 Honours students take a ‘special subject’ involving the use of printed documentary collections and other source material. Single Honours History 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, for example:

• The American Revolution


• Gladstone Studies


• 'Around 1968': Protest movements and social activism in the UK and Europe


• Apartheid in South Africa, 1948-1994


• Immigration in Britain, 1880s-1980s


• Britain in the Age of the American and French Revolutions


• Bruce and Stewart Scotland, 1329-1406


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


• Environment, Landscape and Improvement in the North Atlantic World c.1500 to c.1900


• Mobilise! Petition Drives and Popular Politics in the West, 1600 to the present