Humanities, Social Science, Education Postgraduate Degrees in the Scotland

...Norman Conquest of England. 2nd Year Students will take the following compulsory second-year module: Mediaeval Europe (1000-1400) : examines key themes... Learn about: Mediterranean Communities, Social Life, Mediaeval History...

...you will be required to study an additional two subjects. In the second year, you will usually carry on at least one of these subjects, sometimes... Learn about: Modern Era, Mediaeval Europe, Social Life...

...1st Year Students will take the following compulsory first-year modules: The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450-1770) : looks at continental European... Learn about: Western World, History and Theory, European History...

...and the expansion of Europe. Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776-2001) : provides thematic coverage of major political and social developments in... Learn about: English Empire, Mediaeval Europe, Culture and Society...

...challenges of the age: the trend towards more centralised state-building, stimulated in part by the changing nature of warfare in the 16th century... Learn about: Atlantic World, Directed Reading, European Renaissance...

...and the emergence of fields, trends and new approaches in current historiography. Global Times - Plural Spaces 2 : continues from part 1 and explores... Learn about: Global Times, Social Science, Modern History...

...and development of skills in the digital humanities and skills required for using specific historical sources. Themes in American History : a selection... Learn about: Modern Science, Modern History, Transnational History...

...to intellectual history by surveying how it has been practised in the last half century. Turning Points in the History of Ideas : investigates a series... Learn about: Current Controversies, Directed Reading, Intellectual History...

...The programme is designed to maximise student choice. Students can either specialise in a particular area (e.g. French History, German History... Learn about: Modern Science, French History, Crossing Borders...

...Students have the opportunity to explore the literature in a field of particular individual interest with an expert member of staff. The programme offers... Learn about: Traditional interpretation, Religion and Identity, Directed Reading...

...designed to encourage the development of skills of historical analysis through concentrated study of a topic chosen by the student prior to the dissertation... Learn about: Modern Documents, Intellectual History, Modern History...

...Nature and the Western World, 1800-2000 : studies environmental history over the past two centuries in an international context. Perceptions of Central... Learn about: Environmental History, Political Thought, Spatial History...

...(see the University's position on curriculum development). Dissertation The final element of the MLitt is a 15,000-word dissertation. The dissertation... Learn about: International Relations, Communist Eurasia, Social Movements...

...development Combines exploration of key theoretical concepts in development studies with training in skills used by development practitioners... Learn about: Policy and Practice, Environmental Economics, Development economics...

...ecclesiastical conformity on their Scottish and English kingdoms. The European Renaissance : compares and contrast the Italian and Northern Renaissances... Learn about: Directed Reading, Modern Britain, Political Thought...

...Africa, the Middle East and Latin America peace and conflict resolution gender and international politics human rights international law and institutions... Learn about: Asian Security, Foreign Policy, Postcolonial Africa...

...Aristotle's Politics and Ethics, Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses, Hobbes' Leviathan and Behemoth, Kant's Perpetual Peace, Schmitt's Concept of... Learn about: Political Philosophy, Political Thought, International Politics...

...and strategy that dominate Terrorism studies and overlook other sub-state violent actors. The Global Politics of Everyday Life: explores how everyday... Learn about: Global Politics, Great Powers, International Politics...

...Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action: addresses issues such as what it means to take a 'political collective action' approach to terrorism... Learn about: Gender and Terrorism, Terrorism a, Fundamentals of Terrorist...

...Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies : focuses on major themes in the study of international security and applies them to... Learn about: Qualitative Methods, Political Theory, Social Sciences...