MA Italian and History
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Italian and History, a joint honours degree in Italian and History. Students spend the third year abroad studying or working in destinations such as Bologna, Florence, Rome or Venice. The first year covers a wide-ranging core course alongside options from history, politics, philosophy, and other subjects, with choices covering the medieval or early modern period. Year 2 features modules such as Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, and Gender and Culture. Year 3 consists of a full academic year abroad spent studying or working in one or two destinations across Italy. The final year focuses on advanced language proficiency through spoken Italian, essay and creative writing, and Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts.
Modules
- a wide-ranging core course focused on key skills and habits, and showcasing the variety of topics available at Edinburgh, including in modern history
- one of two courses, covering either: the medieval period the early modern period
- the medieval period
- the early modern period
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Bologna
- Catania
- Florence
- Milan
- Pisa
- Rome
- Siena
- Verona
- Venice
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- spoken Italian - discussing, reflecting and presenting on Italian culture, politics and society
- essay and creative writing
- Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts