Scottish History (Taught)

This Masters offers courses in social, political, religious, military and cultural history of Scotland from the medieval period through to the 20th century. The course focuses on Gaelic Scotland, Scotland’s place in the British Isles and Europe, and on urban Scotland. Glasgow is a world leading centre for Scottish History with staff at the forefront of research and public engagement. You’ll also have access to excellent primary sources, including the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history, and the opportunity to develop appropriate language skills.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Scottish History. The university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history.

• Glasgow is home to one of the largest groupings of Scottish historians in the world who participate in the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies with colleagues in related disciplines such as Archaeology, Scottish Literature, Celtic & Gaelic, and Theology and Religious Studies.

• The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.

• Listen to our Stories from Glasgow podcast: Unravelling Scotland's Knit History and Tracing Glasgow's Imperial Past with Dr Rosie Spooner.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You’ll take:

• One core courses

• Five optional courses

You’ll also write a dissertation.

Core Course
Doing History: Sources and Skills for Historians

Optional courses
Issues, Ideologies And Institutions Of Modern Scotland
Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalization, c.1600-c.1800
Plantation and Civility in the Hebrides and in Ulster, c1541-1639
Scottish Radicalism 1848-1950

Other courses in History available to you include:

Gender, Politics And Power
Gender, Culture and Text
Medieval Palaeography: An Introduction to Reading Medieval Documents
Enchanting Modernity: Gender, Sexuality and Esotericism
Games and Gaming History

With permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts & Humanities and in other colleges.

Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year.

Dissertation
Dissertation (MSc History)

You should begin identifying a dissertation topic, and the relevant sources, at an early stage. In late April and early May you give a dissertation poster presentation, and submit a dissertation proposal. The final part of the programme is devoted to researching and writing up your dissertation, with the support of an assigned supervisor.