MA Scottish Literature and History
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: English Literature or combined English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Scottish Literature and History, an English Literature and History degree examining cultural texts and historical eras. The first year covers the foundations through poetry, drama, prose, a wide-ranging core course focused on key skills and habits, and the medieval period. Students also select additional courses from options such as 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 English language, and philosophy, divinity and law.
Modules
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- 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 English language
- philosophy, divinity and law