MA Scottish Literature and Scottish 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 Scottish History, a joint honours degree centred on English Literature and History exploring national texts and past events. Core topics include Historical Research. The course is taught across four years with foundational study in Edinburgh. The first year covers the foundations through poetry, drama, prose, a course on the history of Edinburgh from the Iron Age to the present day, a wide-ranging core course focused on key skills and habits, and showcasing the variety of topics available at Edinburgh, including in modern history, 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. The second year continues with historiography and a wide-ranging overview of the history of Scotland from the early modern period to the 20th century.
Modules
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- a course on the history of Edinburgh from the Iron Age to the present day
- a wide-ranging core course focused on key skills and habits, and showcasing the variety of topics available at Edinburgh, including in modern history
- 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
- historiography
- a wide-ranging overview of the history of Scotland from the early modern period to the 20th century