Culture, Heritage and Politics

Most of our humanities subjects can be studied as joint honours as well as single honours. Joint honours programmes give you the opportunity to combine two subjects, which complement your interests or career goals. You will usually concentrate on both subjects equally. It can be possible to transfer between single and joint honours options, usually during your first or second year, and advice will be available from your personal academic tutor.

This course covers:

• Culture and heritage: cultural identity of the Highlands and Islands, its communities and issues affecting the region within the context of Scotland, the British Isles and internationally

• Politics: how political structures and ideologies shapes our lives and are organised differently around the world.

Please see our FAQ sheet on our website for further information on this course.

Please note this course is delivered entirely online and available to study from anywhere in the world. Applicants outwith Scotland including International, should apply to the UHI Orkney study location.

Module outline

Year 1 - CertHE

Core modules are:

• Ideas and ideologies in politics

You will also choose one politics option module, which may include:

• Conflict and the balance of power in Europe, 1789-1945

• The evolving politics of the British Isles

You will also choose two culture and heritage option modules, which may include:

• Scotland: the brand

• Scotland's music

• What is culture?

You will also choose two option modules from our range of humanities and social science subjects.

Year 2 - DipHE

You will choose two culture and heritage option modules, which may include:

• Displaying the past: museum studies

• Golden mead and burning hearts

• Tradition, custom and belief

You will also choose two politics option modules, which may include:

• Comparative politics

• History of political ideas

• Qualitative research methods

You will also choose two option modules from our range of humanities and social science subjects.

Year 3 - BA

You will choose at least two culture and heritage option modules, which may include:

• Perceptions of heritage

• Raucle tongues: the Scots and Gaelic renaissance

• Scotland in film

• The Scottish Enlightenment and Highland society

You will also choose at least two politics option modules, which may include:

• Challenging liberal democracy

• Devolution, federalism and territorial politics

• European politics

• Wars of the promised land

PLUS

• Advanced social research methods OR

• Interdisciplinary project

You will choose one further module from one of your two subject areas to ensure that you have a total of three modules from each half of your degree.

Year 4 - BA (Hons)

You will complete a dissertation in Culture and Heritage or Politics. You will also study one option module from your chosen dissertation subject, plus three option modules from the other subject.

Culture and Heritage

• Celtic and Celtic Revival art in Scotland

• Faeries and fables: the story of Gaelic literature

• For freedom alone: Scotland and philosophy

• Vikings and Valkyries

Politics

• Geopolitics: territory, security, strategy

• Political theory

• Terrorism and unconventional warfare

• Transforming regimes in Eastern Europe

This outline reflects the modules as currently delivered and is subject to change.

For more information on what you’ll study on your degree, as well as our range of other degree options, please explore our Humanities subject area page on our website.