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MA History and Legal Studies

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Legal Studies
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
VM12
Typical offer
A-level BBC, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3.

About this course

MA in Law and History, combining law with history. Core topics include Research Methods, Legal Analysis, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme spans four years and is delivered across both the law school and history department.

Modules

  • Legal System
  • Foundations of Private Law
  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Making History
  • Criminal Law
  • Contract
  • A World Full of Law: Legal Cultures Before the Age of Exploration
  • Foundations of Common Law with English Criminal Law
  • Delict and Unjustified Enrichment
  • UK Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • A World Full of Law: Legal Cultures Before the Age of Exploration
  • Eu Institutions and Law
  • The Law of Property
  • Public International Law
  • Administrative Law and Civil Liberties
  • Contract
  • Foundations of Common Law with English Criminal Law
  • Delict and Unjustified Enrichment
  • UK Constitutional Law
  • Commercial Organisations and Insolvency
  • Family Law
  • Introduction to Legal Theory
  • Succession and Trusts
  • Private International Law
  • Business Law
  • Introduction to Comparative Law
  • Tort in A Comparative Context
  • Thinking History
  • Architecture and Power
  • History of Medicine (ME33HM)
  • Painting in Tudor and Early Stuart England
  • Undergraduate Dissertation in History
  • Dissertation
  • History in Practice
  • Special Sub: Enlightenment Compared: Ireland, Scotland, Central Europe
  • Special Subject: History of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
  • Special Sub: the Child as Subject in the British World
  • Spec Sub: Court Society in Late Medieval Europe (C. 1300 – C. 1500)
  • Special Sub:european Constitutional Monarchies in the Long 19thcentury
  • Special Sub.: Britain and Revolutionary Russia 1917 - 1924
  • Special Subject: Myths of the North