MA Modern History
Entry requirements
A level: AAA, including A in History. IB: 38 (HL 6,6,6), including HL6 in History.
About this course
MA (Honours) in Modern History, a history and theology and religion degree examining historical developments over the past five centuries. Students complete a dissertation or final-year project alongside taught classes spanning multiple geographical regions and chronological periods. The first year covers continental Europe and thematic social and political developments through The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) and Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001). The second year introduces disciplinary methods and British state formation via History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts and Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1700 - 2000). Optional modules allow students to explore specialized subjects across various regions, including British Cinema History (1920 - 1960), Imperial Russia 1815 - 1917, and Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (1800s-2000s).
Modules
- British Cinema History (1920 - 1960)
- Curiosity, Empire, and Science in Eighteenth-Century Europe
- From Cradle to Grave: Living and Dying in Early Modern England (c.1500 - c.1800)
- Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (1800s-2000s)
- Imperial Russia 1815 - 1917
- Making Economic History Count: Economic Analysis from a Historical Perspective
- Stalinism, Nazism and Central Europe (1912 - 1941)
- The Decline and Fall of the French Old Regime (1715-1789)
- The Power of Persuasion: Propaganda in Renaissance and Reformation Scotland
- Twentieth-century Germany: A sense of place
- Women and Men in Europe (1500 – 1800)
- The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770)
- Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001)
- History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts
- Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1700 - 2000)