College of Humanities and Social Science

School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Schedule E)

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) (246 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01715	A Crucible for Change: Enlightenment in Britain, 1688-1801	-	S2	20
P01256	Agricultural Slavery in the Graeco-Roman World	-	S2	20
P01704	American Espionage since 1941	-	*	20
P01869	Analytical Methods in Human Osteology	yes	S1	20
P01172	Analytical Methods in Osteoarchaeology	-	S1	20
P02145	Ancient Literary Criticism	-	*	20
CL0190	Ancient Philosophy in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC	-	*	20
P01307	Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1950	-	*	20
P01954	Animal and Human Remains in Archaeology	-	S1	20
P01723	Approaches to Gender History	-	*	20
P00640	Archaeobotany	-	*	20
P00143	Archaeological Illustration	-	S2	20
P00313	Archaeology Dissertation	-	S2	60
P01823	Archaeology Dissertation (MSc by Research)	-	Y	140
P00144	Archaeology of Gender	-	S2	20
P00146	Archaic States in the Ancient Near East	-	*	20
P02632	Archival Internship	yes	*	20
P01763	Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins	-	*	20
P01936	Art and Architecture of Ancient Cyprus: Archaeological Perspectives	-	*	20
P01872	Bioarchaeological Interpretation	-	S2	20
P01171	Bone Identification, Anatomy and Taphonomy	-	S1	20
P01174	Bone Manufacturing - Animal Raw Materials	-	S2	20
P01245	Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century: Material and Visual Cultures	-	*	20
ES0062	Britain and the West Indies,1624-1865	-	*	20
P01718	British Enlightenment: Moral and Political Thought from Hobbes to Smith	-	S1	20
P01935	Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece	-	S2	20
P02325	Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.	-	S1	20
P01485	Charlemagne Man and Myth	-	*	20
P02140	Cicero and his Correspondents	yes	S2	20
P01910	Cinema and Society in Britain	-	S2	20
FR0081	Civic and Court Ritual in Late Medieval Flanders (1400-1500)	-	*	20
CL0191	Classical Philology	yes	*	20
P01487	Classics: Greek Vase Painting	-	*	20
P01488	Classics: The Topography and Monuments of Athens and Attika	-	*	20
P01537	Claudian	-	S2	20
P01727	Clothing Cultures in Comparative Historical Contexts	-	S1	20
CL0188	Comoedia	yes	*	20
P01325	Computing for Historical and Classical Students	-	S1	10
P00148	Conceptualising the Neolithic	-	*	20
P01703	Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990	-	S1	20
P01486	Contacts and Conflicts between East and West 600-900: the Pirenne Thesis Re-examined	-	S2	20
P00817	Contemporary Scotland	-	TBA	20
P02235	Core Themes in Intellectual History	-	*	20
P01716	Core Topics in Enlightenment Studies	-	S1	20
P01830	Core Topics in First Millennium Studies	-	S2	20
SH0062	Critical Evaluation of Sources and Methods	-	*	40
P01326	Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Edinburgh Archives and Sources	-	S2	20
ES0082	Custom and Community in England, Ca.1300-1800	-	*	20
P01927	Directed Reading and Research (I)	-	S1	40
P01928	Directed Reading and Research (II)	-	S2	40
P02633	Directed Reading and Research (Taught Degrees)	-	S2	20
P02463	Directed Reading and Research in Scottish History (I)	-	S1	40
P02462	Directed Reading and Research in Scottish History (II)	-	S2	40
P00626	Dissertation Design (MSc by Research in History, Arts Division)	-	*	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)	-	*	60
P02474	Dress and Identity in the Roman Empire	-	TBA	20
P00139	Early Farmers of Cyprus and the Near East	-	S1	20
P02149	Early Greek Art (1000-500 BC)	yes	*	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	-	*	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)	-	*	20
ES0070	Economy and Society in Jamaica, 1655-1834	-	*	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	-	*	20
P02444	Empire and the Construction of Identities in Britain	yes	*	20
P01244	Energy Policy in Britain since 1920	-	*	20
P01651	Epicurus and Epicureanism	yes	S1	20
P01277	Exploitation, Expulsions, Extermination	-	S2	20
P02350	Forensic Taphonomy	-	S2	10
P00151	From Bronze to Iron: The Mediterranean in the Later 2nd Millennium BC	-	*	20
P01994	From Foraging to Farming: the Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe	-	*	20
AR0064	Frontiers in Archaeology: Research Seminars	-	S1	20
P00153	Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus	-	S2	20
P01724	Gender and Empire: Contested Meanings and Divergent Practices	-	*	20
P01725	Gender and Society in Europe; 1914-1945	-	*	20
P02152	Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Britain c. 1860-1960	-	S2	20
P01722	Gender, Nationalism and Modernity in East Asia	-	*	20
SH0063	General Research Skills	-	*	20
P01531	Governance in Scotland, 1424-1625	-	S1	20
CL0159	Government and Society in the Time of Diocletian (AD 284-312)	yes	*	20
ES0071	Government Economy and Society in 20th Century Britain	-	*	20
CL0179	Greek Historiography	yes	*	20
CL0176	Greek Lyric	yes	*	20
CL0192	Greek Palaeography and Textual Criticism	yes	*	20
CL0174	Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)	-	*	20
P02635	Greek Text Seminar 1	-	*	20
CL0171	Greek Tragedy	yes	*	20
P01658	Hellenistic Court and Society	-	S1	20
P00621	Historical Context	-	*	20
P00509	Historical Methodology	-	S2	20
P00623	Historiography	-	*	20
P01721	Historiography and Theory of Social and Cultural History	-	*	20
P01714	History as a Discipline in Britain 1850-2000	-	*	20
CL0156	History of the Study of Classical Antiquity	yes	*	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	-	*	20
P00173	Human Evolution	-	S1	20
P01868	Human Skeletal and Dental Anatomy	yes	S1	20
P01175	Human-Animal Interactions	-	S1	20
P01254	Images of Slavery in Hollywood Cinema	-	*	20
P02493	Intellectual History of the American Revolution	-	S1	20
P00672	Inter-Disciplinary Seminar in Scottish Studies	yes	S2	20
P02468	Intermediate Greek (PG) 1	yes	S1	20
P02469	Intermediate Greek (PG) 2	yes	S2	20
P02466	Intermediate Latin (PG) 1	yes	S1	20
P02467	Intermediate Latin (PG) 2	yes	S2	20
P01280	Invasion, Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance	-	S1	20
P01953	Isotopes and Archaeology	-	*	20
P01852	Kingship in Early Medieval Scotland	-	*	20
P01849	Kingship in Late Medieval Scotland	-	S2	20
P01647	Late Antique Visual Culture	yes	*	20
P01453	Late Glacial and Holocene Environmental Change	-	*	20
P00158	Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe	-	*	20
CL0186	Late Latin	yes	*	20
CL0182	Latin Historiography	yes	*	20
P02637	Latin Text Seminar 1	-	*	20
P02638	Latin Text Seminar 2	-	*	20
P02349	Legal and Evidential Framework in Forensic Anthropology	-	S2	20
P00448	M.Sc in Medieval Scottish Studies Dissertation	-	B5+	60
P01719	Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment	-	S2	20
P01201	Martyrdom and Voluntary Death in the Ancient World	yes	*	20
CL0189	Medieval Epic	yes	*	20
CL0187	Medieval Lyric	yes	*	20
P00636	Methodology Seminars in Classics	yes	S2	20
P01829	Methods and Sources in First Millennium Studies	-	S1	20
P01248	Mind and World in Early Greek Philosophy	-	*	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	*	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	*	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)	-	*	20
P01173	Palaeopathology Human and Animal Disease	-	S2	20
P01764	PG Research Skills and Methods	-	S1	20
CL0172	Philosophy (Theories of Soul: Presocratics, Plato, Boethius)	-	*	20
P01662	Power and Culture in Hellenistic Poetry	-	S1	20
P01871	Practical Osteology	-	S1	20
P00624	Primary Sources	-	S2	20
P01454	Quaternary Entomology and Archaeoentomology	-	*	20
P00162	Quaternary Environmental History	-	*	20
P02236	Re-thinking South Asian-Islam	-	*	20
CT0135	Reading Medieval Latin	yes	S2	20
P01730	Religion and Ritual in Late Medieval Towns	-	*	20
P01700	Religion, Politics, and Revolution in America	-	TBA	20
P00638	Research Context in Classics	yes	*	20
P00643	Research Design and Dissertation Preparation	yes	*	40
P00167	Research Seminars in Underwater Archaeology	-	*	20
P00171	Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology	-	S2	20
P00642	Research Sources in Classics	yes	*	20
P00641	Research Training in Classics	yes	*	20
P00164	Ritual and Monumentality in Atlantic Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC	-	*	20
P00163	Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC	-	*	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	-	*	20
P01848	Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland	-	S1	20
P02348	SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY	-	S2	10
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
P01078	Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries	-	*	20
P00673	Scottish Studies Archival Internship 'A'	yes	S2	20
P00877	Scottish Studies Archival Internship 'B'	yes	S2	20
P01332	Shakespeare and Renaissance Mentalities	-	*	20
P01870	Skeletal Pathology	yes	S2	20
P01252	Slavery in the British Atlantic World, 1650-1834	-	*	20
P01450	Slavery in the Modern World: a Comparative Study	-	*	20
P01253	Slavery, Forced Labour and Identity in African History	-	S1	20
P01251	Slavery, Society and Law at Rome	-	*	20
P01206	Society and Ethics in Homer and Hesiod	yes	S2	20
P00506	Sources and Approaches for Historical Research	-	*	10
P00671	Sources for Scottish Studies	yes	S1	20
P02143	Special Topics in Scholarly Methods: Anglo-Scottish Print Culture, 1700-2007	-	*	20
P00618	Supervised Reading Course (E&SH)	-	S2	20
CL0169	The Ancient Novel	yes	*	20
P00147	The Archaeology of Celtic Art	-	*	20
CL0170	The Augustan Ideal	yes	*	20
P01258	The British at War, 1939-1945	-	S2	20
P01083	The Burghs and the Realm	-	*	20
LC0009	The Carolingian Empire and a Wider World	-	*	40
P01705	The Civil Rights Movement	-	*	20
P01230	The Dal Riata	-	*	20
P02687	The Demise of the Slave-Holding American South, 1846-1877	-	*	20
P01720	The Enlightenment - Questions of Geography	-	S2	20
HI0181	The Fall of Rome	-	*	20
P00439	The First Cities: Origins of Urbanism in the Near East	-	*	20
P01659	The Hellenistic City	-	TBA	20
P01482	The Hymnic Tradition	-	*	20
P00155	The Iron Age in Atlantic Scotland	-	*	20
P00157	The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC	-	*	20
P01904	The Land Question in Nineteenth Century Europe	-	TBA	20
P01847	The Late Medieval Chronicle Tradition in Scotland	-	*	20
P02324	The Late Roman city in Asia Minor: Decline or Transformation	-	S2	20
P01231	The Life and Works of Adomnan of Iona	-	*	20
P01850	The Lordship of the Isles: a political history	-	S2	20
ES0087	The Making of Welfare Policy in Britain from Lloyd George to Clement Atlee, 1900-1951	-	*	20
P01247	The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain	-	S1	20
P02496	The Occult Renaissance	-	*	20
P00159	The Practice of Field Archaeology in the UK	-	*	20
CL0157	The Presentation of the Classical World	-	*	20
P00826	The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance	-	*	20
P00165	The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans	-	S2	20
P02481	The Sixties in the United States	-	S2	20
P01728	The Sources of Medieval History	-	S1	20
P02480	The United States and the Vietnam War: Origins and Repercussions	-	S2	20
ES0078	The Western Family Since 1850	-	*	20
P01717	The ‘Science of Man’ in the Scottish Enlightenment	-	*	20
P02479	Themes in African Social History	-	*	20
P01911	Themes in American Historiography	-	S1	20
P01292	Themes in Modern British and Irish Historiography	-	S1	20
P00168	Theoretical Perspectives in Archaeology Part 1	-	S1	20
P00169	Theoretical Perspectives in Archaeology Part 2	-	*	20
P01701	Tocqueville's America	-	*	20
P02241	Twentieth-Century Africa: Ethnicity, Class and Power	yes	*	40
P02273	Twentieth-Century Africa: Ethnicity, Class and Power	yes	*	20
AR0082	Underwater Archaeology	yes	B2	20
P00186	Underwater Archaeology Part 1	yes	*	20
P00187	Underwater Archaeology Part 2	yes	*	20
P00816	Underwater Archaeology Practice	-	*	20
P01291	Unionism in Ireland and Britain, c. 1800-2000	-	*	20
ES0080	Urban Society and Civil Society in England, Scotland and Ireland Since 1688	-	*	20
ES0079	Urban Society and Civil Society in Historical Context	-	S1	20
P01851	War and Society in Early Christian Scotland	-	S1	20
P01626	War, Famine, Pestilence and Death? Early modern society in Scotland and England	yes	*	20
ES0081	Western European Demography 1850-1939	-	*	20
P01726	Women in Medieval Europe, c.1000-c.1500	-	S2	20