MLitt History

University of the Highlands and Islands

Master

Online

higher than £ 9000

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    September
    other dates

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Personal tutor

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This online programme provides a broader history award, both thematically and geographically, than our MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands.

Throughout the MLitt History you may have the option to investigate the cultural, political, social and economic history of Britain, Europe and the Atlantic World. You will also develop skills in historiographical and primary source research, oral history and palaeography.

Taught from the Centre for History in the Highlands, the MLitt History is available from anywhere in the world.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Online

Start date

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About this course

+ 2:1 honours degree or above (or international equivalent) in history
+ If you have an honours degree in a cognate, or strongly-related subject your application will be considered on an individual basis

+ One of 7 UHI postgraduate courses to achieve a perfect 100% overall student satisfaction score (2025 PTES)
+ The course is taught by a research-active and dynamic team of historians, reflecting staff research expertise
+ You can study from a distance online through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE), which means you can fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments.
You can study individual modules for personal or professional development, or work towards the PgCert, PgDip, or full masters degree
+ You will develop key skills in researching different types of primary sources as preparation for work in a related field or further study

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Subjects

  • History
  • Oral History
  • British identities
  • Palaeography
  • Language
  • Rivers
  • Ports and coasts
  • Europe
  • Highlands and islands
  • Scotland

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Course programme

PgCert

The core modules are:

  • Arguments and alternatives in history
  • Primary sources in history

You must complete ONE of the above core modules to enable you to exit with the PgCert.

You must also undertake at least one of the following options during your studies (which can be at this stage, or the next level):

  • Voices from the past: understanding and using oral history
  • Introduction to palaeography and languages in North Atlantic history

You can also choose further option modules (to make a total of three modules overall), which may include:

  • British identities
  • Rivers, ports and coasts in history
  • Royal power, propaganda and performance in early modern Europe
  • Any option module from the MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands

PgDip

You will choose three further modules from those listed in the PgCert.

MLitt

To achieve the award of MLitt History you must complete a 60-credit research dissertation.

Additional information

https://uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/mlitt-history/

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  • History Postgraduate Degrees
  • Distance learning History Postgraduate Degrees
  • University of the Highlands and Islands Postgraduate Degrees

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