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MA History and Philosophy

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Philosophy
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
VV15
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 History and Philosophy, combining history and philosophy. Core topics include research methods, historical research, and critical & analytical thinking. Students complete a final-year undergraduate dissertation involving independent research on a chosen subject supervised by a member of staff.

Modules

  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Making History
  • Experience, Knowledge and Reality
  • Controversial Questions
  • How Should One Live?
  • Logic and Argument
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Thinking History
  • History of Medicine (ME33HM)
  • Architecture and Power
  • Painting in Tudor and Early Stuart England
  • Special Sub: Enlightenment Compared: Ireland, Scotland, Central Europe
  • Special Sub.: Britain and Revolutionary Russia 1917 - 1924
  • 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 Subject: History of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
  • Special Subject: Myths of the North
  • History in Practice
  • Undergraduate Dissertation in History
  • Dissertation