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University of Glasgow: History
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | College of Arts and Humanities |
| Web | glasgow.ac.uk |
| Study type | Taught |
MSc
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. Our excellent research directs our postgraduate teaching so you'll explore cutting-edge topics with leading experts in their fields.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
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Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
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The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
You will have the opportunity to develop research skills across a range of themes, including gender, slavery, war and strategic security, cultural and political history, material culture, and transnational developments, with a wide range of optional courses allowing you to follow your own interests.
-
You are also encouraged to approach your subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective, with all of the benefits of studying at one of the world's top 60 universities for arts and humanities (THE World Subject Rankings).
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
-
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Semester 1 Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests: Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland The Global History of Inequalities Resistance to Slavery from 1700 to 1900 Crusading Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1096-1291 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917
Semester 2 Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests, including: Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 Medieval Palaeography: An Introduction to Reading Medieval Documents Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence How Wars End Games and Gaming History With the permission of the programme convenor and subject to availability, your options may also include courses from other subjects.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes. Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| humanities-pg@glasgow.ac.uk | |
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement containing a short (one paragraph) statement of interest in this programme should be submitted with your application. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. Our excellent research directs our postgraduate teaching so you'll explore cutting-edge topics with leading experts in their fields.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
You will have the opportunity to develop research skills across a range of themes, including gender, slavery, war and strategic security, cultural and political history, material culture, and transnational developments, with a wide range of optional courses allowing you to follow your own interests.
-
You are also encouraged to approach your subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective, with all of the benefits of studying at one of the world's top 60 universities for arts and humanities (THE World Subject Rankings).
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
-
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Semester 1 Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests: Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland The Global History of Inequalities Resistance to Slavery from 1700 to 1900 Crusading Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1096-1291 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917
Semester 2 Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests, including: Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 Medieval Palaeography: An Introduction to Reading Medieval Documents Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence How Wars End Games and Gaming History With the permission of the programme convenor and subject to availability, your options may also include courses from other subjects.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes. Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| humanities-pg@glasgow.ac.uk | |
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement containing a short (one paragraph) statement of interest in this programme should be submitted with your application. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. History at Glasgow rates joint 4th in the UK for research excellence and impact. Our research directs our postgraduate teaching so that you'll explore cutting-edge topics.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of History. On campus, the University Library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests:
Semester 1 Semester 1 APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES COMMODITY HISTORIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 1500-2000 THE OTTOMANS IN HISTORY, 1300-1922 SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS SIN AND THE COURTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
Semester 2 SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS AMERICA'S TWO QUAGMIRES: VIETNAM AND IRAQ VIOLENCE AND THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS THE GLOBAL COLD WAR, 1947-2008 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 GAMES AND GAMING HISTORY A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE IN AN AGE OF TERRORWith permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes.Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. History at Glasgow rates joint 4th in the UK for research excellence and impact. Our research directs our postgraduate teaching so that you'll explore cutting-edge topics.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of History. On campus, the University Library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests:
Semester 1 Semester 1 APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES COMMODITY HISTORIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 1500-2000 THE OTTOMANS IN HISTORY, 1300-1922 SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS SIN AND THE COURTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
Semester 2 SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS AMERICA'S TWO QUAGMIRES: VIETNAM AND IRAQ VIOLENCE AND THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS THE GLOBAL COLD WAR, 1947-2008 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 GAMES AND GAMING HISTORY A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE IN AN AGE OF TERRORWith permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes.Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. Our excellent research directs our postgraduate teaching so you'll explore cutting-edge topics with leading experts in their fields.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
You will have the opportunity to develop research skills across a range of themes, including gender, slavery, war and strategic security, cultural and political history, material culture, and transnational developments, with a wide range of optional courses allowing you to follow your own interests.
-
You are also encouraged to approach your subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective, with all of the benefits of studying at one of the world's top 60 universities for arts and humanities (THE World Subject Rankings).
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
-
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Semester 1 Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests: Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland The Global History of Inequalities Resistance to Slavery from 1700 to 1900 Crusading Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1096-1291 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917
Semester 2 Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests, including: Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 Medieval Palaeography: An Introduction to Reading Medieval Documents Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence How Wars End Games and Gaming History With the permission of the programme convenor and subject to availability, your options may also include courses from other subjects.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes. Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| humanities-pg@glasgow.ac.uk | |
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement containing a short (one paragraph) statement of interest in this programme should be submitted with your application. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. Our excellent research directs our postgraduate teaching so you'll explore cutting-edge topics with leading experts in their fields.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow offers exceptional resources for the historian, including our university museum, The Hunterian, Scotland’s oldest public museum with over a million items, and our library, one of Europe’s oldest and largest university libraries, with extensive collections from the medieval to the present.
-
The Hunterian provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography, while the library offers collections like the Baillie Collection, which contains printed medieval and modern sources on Scottish, Irish, and English history.
-
You will have the opportunity to develop research skills across a range of themes, including gender, slavery, war and strategic security, cultural and political history, material culture, and transnational developments, with a wide range of optional courses allowing you to follow your own interests.
-
You are also encouraged to approach your subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective, with all of the benefits of studying at one of the world's top 60 universities for arts and humanities (THE World Subject Rankings).
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
-
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Semester 1 Core Course Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests: Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland The Global History of Inequalities Resistance to Slavery from 1700 to 1900 Crusading Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1096-1291 A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917
Semester 2 Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests, including: Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950 Medieval Palaeography: An Introduction to Reading Medieval Documents Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800 Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence How Wars End Games and Gaming History With the permission of the programme convenor and subject to availability, your options may also include courses from other subjects.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes. Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| humanities-pg@glasgow.ac.uk | |
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | 2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in History or Politics or International Relations or Archaeology or Archives/Library Studies. We may also accept degrees in other subjects. Work experience may be considered in lieu of qualifications. A personal statement containing a short (one paragraph) statement of interest in this programme should be submitted with your application. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. History at Glasgow rates joint 4th in the UK for research excellence and impact. Our research directs our postgraduate teaching so that you'll explore cutting-edge topics.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of History. On campus, the University Library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests:
Semester 1 Semester 1 APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES COMMODITY HISTORIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 1500-2000 THE OTTOMANS IN HISTORY, 1300-1922 SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS SIN AND THE COURTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
Semester 2 SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS AMERICA'S TWO QUAGMIRES: VIETNAM AND IRAQ VIOLENCE AND THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS THE GLOBAL COLD WAR, 1947-2008 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 GAMES AND GAMING HISTORY A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE IN AN AGE OF TERRORWith permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes.Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
Summary
This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. History at Glasgow rates joint 4th in the UK for research excellence and impact. Our research directs our postgraduate teaching so that you'll explore cutting-edge topics.
WHY THIS PROGRAMME
-
Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of History. On campus, the University Library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.
-
The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You’ll take:
-
One core course
-
Five optional courses
You’ll also produce a dissertation.
Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests:
Semester 1 Semester 1 APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES COMMODITY HISTORIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 1500-2000 THE OTTOMANS IN HISTORY, 1300-1922 SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS SIN AND THE COURTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
Semester 2 SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS AMERICA'S TWO QUAGMIRES: VIETNAM AND IRAQ VIOLENCE AND THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS THE GLOBAL COLD WAR, 1947-2008 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 GAMES AND GAMING HISTORY A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE IN AN AGE OF TERRORWith permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond.
Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.
Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes.Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. |
| Location | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus University Of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ |
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s most prestigious seats of learning, and the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world. Established in 1451 and recognised for its world-changing research and teaching, our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, including eight Nobel Laureates, two UK Prime Ministers, three First Ministers of Scotland, 10 Fellows of the Royal Society and 11 Fellows of the British Academy. Our past achievements inspire our current world changers.
Rankings
The University:
- is ranked 79th in the world: QS World University Rankings 2025
- is …
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