College of Humanities and Social Science

School of History and Classics (Schedule E)

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) (177 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01715	A Crucible for Change: Enlightenment in Britain, 1688-1801	-	*	20
P00827	A Cultural History of the Gael 400-800	yes	S1	20
P01256	Agricultural Slavery in the Graeco-Roman World	-	S1	20
P01704	American Espionage since 1941	-	TBA	20
P02145	Ancient Literary Criticism	-	TBA	20
CL0190	Ancient Philosophy in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC	-	TBA	20
P01307	Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1950	-	TBA	20
P01723	Approaches to Gender History	-	S1	20
P01763	Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins	-	S2	20
P01245	Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century: Material and Visual Cultures	-	S1	20
ES0062	Britain and the West Indies,1624-1865	-	S1	20
P00819	British Emigration, 1603-1914	-	*	20
P01718	British Enlightenment: Moral and Political Thought from Hobbes to Smith	-	*	20
P01485	Charlemagne Man and Myth	-	TBA	20
P00818	Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland	-	*	20
P02140	Cicero and his Correspondents	-	TBA	20
P01910	Cinema and Society in Britain	-	S2	20
FR0081	Civic and Court Ritual in Late Medieval Flanders (1400-1500)	-	TBA	20
CL0191	Classical Philology	yes	TBA	20
P01487	Classics: Greek Vase Painting	-	TBA	20
P01488	Classics: The Topography and Monuments of Athens and Attika	-	TBA	20
P01537	Claudian	-	*	20
P01727	Clothing Cultures in Comparative Historical Contexts	-	S1	20
CL0188	Comoedia	yes	TBA	20
P01325	Computing for Historical and Classical Students	-	S1	10
P01703	Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990	-	TBA	20
P01486	Contacts and Conflicts between East and West 600-900: the Pirenne Thesis Re-examined	-	TBA	20
P00817	Contemporary Scotland	yes	*	20
P01716	Core Topics in Enlightenment Studies	-	TBA	20
P01830	Core Topics in First Millennium Studies	-	S2	20
SH0062	Critical Evaluation of Sources and Methods	-	Y	40
P01326	Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Edinburgh Archives and Sources	-	S1	20
ES0082	Custom and Community in England, Ca.1300-1800	-	S2	20
P01927	Directed Reading and Research (I)	-	S1	40
P01928	Directed Reading and Research (II)	-	S2	40
P00626	Dissertation Design (MSc by Research in History, Arts Division)	-	S2	20
P00674	Dissertation in Scottish Studies	yes	B5+	60
P02141	Dissertation Preparation, Scottish History	-	TBA	20
P02142	Dissertation, MSc by Research in Scottish History	-	TBA	60
P00620	Dissertation: MSc by Research in History (Arts)	-	B5+	60
P00619	Dissertation: MSc by Research in History (Social Science)	-	B5+	60
P02149	Early Greek Art (1000-500 BC)	yes	S1	20
P01250	Early Modern Theories of Slavery, from Grotius to the Enlightenment (c. 1600-1800)	-	*	20
ES0066	Economic and Social Change in Medieval and Early Modern Britain	-	S1	20
ES0067	Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis	-	S2	20
ES0068	Economic Development in the Long-Run: Russia (1725-1995) and The Balkans (ca. 1800-1990)	-	S1	20
ES0070	Economy and Society in Jamaica, 1655-1834	-	S2	20
P01661	Egypt under the Ptolemies	-	S1	20
P00490	Elementary Greek (PG) 1	yes	S1	20
P00491	Elementary Greek (PG) 2	yes	S2	20
P00488	Elementary Latin (PG) 1	yes	S1	20
P00489	Elementary Latin (PG) 2	yes	S2	20
P01731	Empire and Nation: the Scottish Experience, 1650-1850	-	TBA	20
P01244	Energy Policy in Britain since 1920	-	S2	20
P01651	Epicurus and Epicureanism	yes	S1	20
P01277	Exploitation, Expulsions, Extermination	-	S2	20
P00825	From Darien to Parliamentary Union: Capital, Trade and Politics in Scotland C.1680-1707	-	*	20
P01724	Gender and Empire: Contested Meanings and Divergent Practices	-	S2	20
P01725	Gender and Society in Europe; 1914-1945	-	*	20
P01722	Gender, Nationalism and Modernity in East Asia	-	S2	20
SH0063	General Research Skills	-	S1	20
CL0159	Government and Society in the Time of Diocletian (AD 284-312)	yes	TBA	20
ES0071	Government Economy and Society in 20th Century Britain	-	S1	20
CL0179	Greek Historiography	yes	TBA	20
CL0176	Greek Lyric	yes	TBA	20
CL0192	Greek Palaeography and Textual Criticism	yes	TBA	20
CL0174	Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)	-	TBA	20
CL0171	Greek Tragedy	yes	S2	20
P01658	Hellenistic Court and Society	-	S1	20
P00621	Historical Context	-	S1	20
P00509	Historical Methodology	-	S2	20
P00623	Historiography	-	S1	20
P01721	Historiography and Theory of Social and Cultural History	-	S1	20
P01714	History as a Discipline in Britain 1850-2000	-	S2	20
CL0156	History of the Study of Classical Antiquity	yes	S1	20
P01278	Home Fronts: Belligerents (excluding Britain) and Neutrals	-	S1	20
P01552	Home Rule in Ireland and Britain, 1800-2000	-	S1	20
CL0175	Homer, Iliad and Related Texts	-	TBA	20
P01254	Images of Slavery in Hollywood Cinema	-	S1	20
P00672	Inter-Disciplinary Seminar in Scottish Studies	yes	S2	20
P01280	Invasion, Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance	-	S1	20
P00822	Kings and Kindreds: Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the Later Middle Ages	-	*	20
P01852	Kingship in Early Medieval Scotland	-	S2	20
P01849	Kingship in Late Medieval Scotland	-	S2	20
P01647	Late Antique Visual Culture	yes	TBA	20
CL0186	Late Latin	yes	TBA	20
CL0182	Latin Historiography	yes	S1	20
P00448	M.Sc in Medieval Scottish Studies Dissertation	-	B5+	60
P01719	Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment	-	TBA	20
P01201	Martyrdom and Voluntary Death in the Ancient World	yes	TBA	20
CL0189	Medieval Epic	yes	TBA	20
CL0187	Medieval Lyric	yes	TBA	20
P00636	Methodology Seminars in Classics	yes	S1	20
P01829	Methods and Sources in First Millennium Studies	-	S1	20
P01248	Mind and World in Early Greek Philosophy	-	TBA	20
P01324	MSc Dissertation (Modern British and Irish History)	yes	B5+	60
P01237	MSc Dissertation (MSc in First Millennium Studies)	yes	B5	60
P01271	MSc Dissertation (Second World War in Europe)	yes	B5+	60
P01322	MSc Dissertation (Slavery and Forced Labour Studies)	yes	B5+	60
P01706	MSc Dissertation - American History	yes	B5	60
P01708	MSc Dissertation - Classical Art and Archaeology	yes	B5	60
P01710	MSc Dissertation - Enlightenment Studies	yes	B5	60
P01713	MSc Dissertation - Gender History	yes	B5	60
P01711	MSc Dissertation - Material and Visual Cultures of the Past	yes	B5	60
P01709	MSc Dissertation - Medieval History	yes	B5	60
P01712	MSc Dissertation - Social and Cultural History	yes	B5	60
P00637	MSc Dissertation in Classics	yes	B5+	60
P01660	MSc Dissertation in the Hellenistic World	yes	B5+	60
P01729	Normandy and the Normans c. 900-1204	-	S2	20
P01556	Palaeography and Codicology: Scribes, Texts and Manuscripts in the Middle Ages (Half Course)	-	S2	20
P01764	PG Research Skills and Methods	-	S1	20
CL0172	Philosophy (Theories of Soul: Presocratics, Plato, Boethius)	-	TBA	20
P01662	Power and Culture in Hellenistic Poetry	-	TBA	20
P00624	Primary Sources	-	S2	20
CT0135	Reading Medieval Latin	yes	*	20
P01730	Religion and Ritual in Late Medieval Towns	-	S2	20
P01700	Religion, Politics, and Revolution in America	-	TBA	20
P00638	Research Context in Classics	yes	Y	20
P00643	Research Design and Dissertation Preparation	yes	Y	40
P00642	Research Sources in Classics	yes	Y	20
P00641	Research Training in Classics	yes	Y	20
P01249	Roman Archaeology	yes	TBA	20
P01224	Roman Funerary Art	-	TBA	20
P01246	Roman Imperial Monuments	-	TBA	20
CL0158	Roman Imperialism 264 BC - AD 14	-	TBA	20
P01848	Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland	-	S1	20
P00823	Scotland and Ireland, 1800-1922	-	*	20
P01576	Scottish Coal Miners: From Serfdom to Heritage Industry	-	TBA	20
P00820	Scottish Emigration, 1700-1939	yes	*	20
P01066	Scottish Historiography (PG)	-	*	20
P01078	Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries	-	TBA	20
P00673	Scottish Studies Archival Internship 'A'	yes	S1	20
P00877	Scottish Studies Archival Internship 'B'	yes	S2	20
P00821	Scottish Towns, 1100-1700	-	*	20
P01332	Shakespeare and Renaissance Mentalities	-	S2	20
P01252	Slavery in the British Atlantic World, 1650-1834	-	S2	20
P01450	Slavery in the Modern World: a Comparative Study	-	S2	20
P01253	Slavery, Forced Labour and Identity in African History	-	S1	20
P01251	Slavery, Society and Law at Rome	-	S2	20
P00506	Sources and Approaches for Historical Research	-	S1	10
P01067	Sources for Scottish History (PG)	-	*	20
P00671	Sources for Scottish Studies	yes	S1	20
P02143	Special Topics in Scholarly Methods: Anglo-Scottish Print Culture, 1700-2007	-	S1	20
P00618	Supervised Reading Course (E&SH)	-	S2	20
CL0169	The Ancient Novel	yes	S1	20
CL0170	The Augustan Ideal	yes	TBA	20
P01258	The British at War, 1939-1945	-	S2	20
P01083	The Burghs and the Realm	-	TBA	20
LC0009	The Carolingian Empire and a Wider World	-	TBA	40
P01705	The Civil Rights Movement	-	TBA	20
P01230	The Dal Riata	-	*	20
P01720	The Enlightenment - Questions of Geography	-	TBA	20
HI0181	The Fall of Rome	-	S2	20
P01659	The Hellenistic City	-	TBA	20
P01482	The Hymnic Tradition	-	S1	20
P01904	The Land Question in Nineteenth Century Europe	-	TBA	20
P01847	The Late Medieval Chronicle Tradition in Scotland	-	S2	20
P01231	The Life and Works of Adomnan of Iona	-	*	20
P01850	The Lordship of the Isles: a political history	-	*	20
ES0087	The Making of Welfare Policy in Britain from Lloyd George to Clement Atlee, 1900-1951	-	S2	20
P01247	The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain	-	S1	20
P01082	The Medieval Scottish Burgh	-	*	20
CL0157	The Presentation of the Classical World	-	TBA	20
P00826	The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance	-	*	20
P00824	The Scottish Revolution, 1596-1651	-	*	20
P01728	The Sources of Medieval History	-	TBA	20
ES0078	The Western Family Since 1850	-	S1	20
P01717	The ‘Science of Man’ in the Scottish Enlightenment	-	*	20
P01911	Themes in American Historiography	-	S1	20
P01292	Themes in Modern British and Irish Historiography	-	S1	20
P01701	Tocqueville's America	-	TBA	20
P01291	Unionism in Ireland and Britain, c. 1800-2000	-	S1	20
ES0080	Urban Society and Civil Society in England, Scotland and Ireland Since 1688	-	S2	20
ES0079	Urban Society and Civil Society in Historical Context	-	S1	20
P01851	War and Society in Early Christian Scotland	-	S1	20
ES0081	Western European Demography 1850-1939	-	S2	20
P01726	Women in Medieval Europe, c.1000-c.1500	-	*	20