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MA History and Politics

University of Aberdeen

Institution
University of Aberdeen
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Politics
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
VL12
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 Politics and International Relations and History. Core topics include Historical Research, Project Management, Research Methods, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students can undertake an independent historical project under supervision in the later stages of the programme.

Modules

  • Making History
  • Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
  • Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
  • Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
  • Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
  • Thinking History
  • Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
  • History of Medicine (ME33HM)
  • Architecture and Power
  • Painting in Tudor and Early Stuart England
  • Employer - Led Interdisciplinary Project
  • International Security
  • Political Parties in Britain
  • Soviet and Post - Soviet Russian Foreign Policy
  • International Terrorism Counterterrorism & International Relations
  • Memory and Politics of the Past
  • Human Rights in Global Politics
  • The Global Politics of Secession
  • 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
  • Undergraduate Dissertation in History
  • Dissertation
  • Comparative Constitutional Systems
  • Extreme Right in Western Europe
  • Maritime Security
  • Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Practices
  • International Migration and Europe
  • Gender and Politics
  • Northern Ireland: Small, Dirty War
  • Corruption and Good Governance
  • US Presidents