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MA History and Psychology

University of Dundee

Institution
University of Dundee
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
CV81
Typical offer
A-level CCC, IB 28

Entry requirements

A level: CCC IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry).

About this course

MA (Hons) in Psychology and History, a joint honours degree. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Psychological Assessment, Historical Research, and Human Behaviour. Primary sources are introduced from the start of the programme, with analysis of written materials, maps, and visual images. An internship module is available to develop professional experience.

Modules

  • Humanities in Practice
  • Introductory Psychology:1
  • Introductory Psychology:2
  • Introduction to Literary Study
  • Reading the Screen: An Introduction to Film Studies
  • Approaches to Reading
  • Europe and the World, 1450-1800
  • Empires, Nations, and Revolutions, 1800-2000
  • Applied French 1A (Beginner)
  • Applied French 1A (non-beginner)
  • Applied French 1B (Beginner)
  • Applied French 1B (non-beginner)
  • Applied Spanish 1A (Beginner)
  • Applied Spanish 1A (non-beginner)
  • Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
  • Applied Spanish 1B (non-beginner)
  • Understanding the Mind
  • Individual Development
  • Career Planning Module Online
  • Internship
  • Documenting Dissent: Power, Protest, and Social Justice in the Twentieth Century
  • Scotland and the Wider World
  • American Culture and Society in Context
  • The Scottish Diaspora, c.1700-1945
  • Reading Seventeenth Century Scotland
  • Making History Today: The Past in the Present
  • The Invasion of America: The Native American Response to the European Colonisation of North America, 1492-1763
  • Under Nazi Occupation: resistance and collaboration in Western Europe
  • Slavery: History, Memory, Legacy
  • Questions of Ulster, 1885 to the present
  • America in the Sixties
  • The Cold War and Africa
  • Cognition
  • Biological Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychological Research Skills 3a
  • Individual Differences and Psychopathology
  • Psychology of Language
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychological Research Skills 3b
  • History Dissertation
  • Revolution in Ireland 1912-23
  • Modern South Africa: Apartheid, African liberation and democracy
  • The Russian Revolution
  • Scotland: Restoration, Revolution and Union, 1660-1707
  • The African American Freedom Struggle, 1890-1974
  • Film and History
  • Settling the Trans-Appalachian West, ca. 1774-1830
  • Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Britain
  • Everyday Life in Early Modern Scotland
  • Psychology Dissertation
  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • Second Language Processing
  • Foundations of Adult Mental Health
  • The Development of Self-Awareness
  • Society, Mind and Health
  • Comparative Communication and Cognition
  • Metacognition
  • Current Issues in Social and Political Psychology
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health
  • Contemporary Approaches to Addiction Recovery (CAtAR)