MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands

University of the Highlands and Islands

Master

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

This online Masters in the History of the Highlands and Islands is the first ever taught postgraduate course to focus on the colourful and often conflict-driven history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, from medieval times to the 20th century.

It is a truly interactive course that involves extensive use of primary source material including oral history testimony, material from physical and online archives and newspapers. Critical thinking is essential to the topics covered as is a sensitivity to the way history interacts with memory.

You will study a range of subjects that will not only spark your interest and emotions, but may also cause you to begin to question stereotypes and cherished myths.

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

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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

+ This is the first ever postgraduate course focusing specifically on the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
+ 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

  • Early Modern
  • History
  • Research
  • Highlands and islands
  • Maritime
  • Scotland
  • Palaeography
  • North Atlantic history

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UHI Academic staff in partners

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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):

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

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

  • Contemplating the Clearances
  • Lordship of the Isles
  • Maritime lives: the Scottish Northern Isles during the Early Modern period
  • Rivers, ports and coasts in history
  • Any option module from the MLitt History

PgDip

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

MLitt

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

Additional information

https://uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/mlitt-history-of-the-highlands-and-islands/

See related categories

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

MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands

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