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Postgraduate (School of History, Classics and Archaeology)

SCQF Level 11 (203 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PGHC11314 A Period of Ancient History 1 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11315 A Period of Ancient History 2 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11427 SV1 A Topic In Ancient History 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11433 A Topic in Ancient History 2 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11429 SV1 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1 Semester 2 20
PGHC11430 SV1 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11152 Agricultural Slavery in the Graeco-Roman World Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11397 An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11464 SS1 Analytical Methods in Human Osteoarchaeology Semester 1 20
PGHC11452 Ancient Egyptian Religion and the Afterlife (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11455 SV1 Ancient Macedon in the Shadow of Mount Olympus Semester 2 20
PGHC11031 Ancient Philosophy in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11406 Angels and Inverts: Sexuality, Gender and Power in Britain, 1837 - 1914 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11209 Approaches to Gender History Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11351 Approaches to Modern British Political History Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11360 SS1 Approaches to the Long Late Antiquity Full Year 20
PGHC11060 SV1 Archaeological Illustration Semester 2 20
PGHC11083 SV1 Archaeology Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11349 SS1 Archaeology Dissertation (MSc by Research) Full Year 180
PGHC11061 Archaeology of Gender Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11414 Archaeology of the Roman Economy Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11393 Athens of the North: the Origins and Ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11233 SV1 Bioarchaeological Interpretation Semester 2 20
PGHC11428 SV1 Biomolecular Archaeology: the appliance of science Semester 1 20
PGHC11133 Bone Manufacturing - Animal Raw Materials Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11415 British Empires, 1601-1948 (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11443 British Politics and Policy in the Second World War (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11239 Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11260 SV1 Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850. Semester 1 20
PGHC11431 Byzantine Text Seminar 1 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11432 SV1 Byzantine Text Seminar 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11396 China in Western Minds Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11384 SV1 China's foreign and security policy: a twentieth-century perspective Semester 2 20
PGHC11244 Cicero and his Correspondents Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11235 SS1 Cinema and Society in Britain Semester 2 20
PGHC11358 Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11426 SS1 Citizens and Subjects: concepts of citizenship in modern African intellectual history Semester 2 20
PGHC11402 Civil Wars in Twentieth Century Europe Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11316 Classical Greek Sculpture Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11172 SV1 Classics: Greek Vase Painting Semester 1 20
PGHC11173 Classics: The Topography and Monuments of Athens and Attika Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11064 SV1 Conceptualising the Neolithic Semester 1 20
PGHC11448 SS1 Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence Semester 1 20
PGHC11377 Consensus to Thatcherism: Government and Politics in Post-War Britain Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11190 Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11333 Constantinople, the creation of 'the city of a world's desire' (330-565) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11438 SV1 Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent Semester 1 20
PGHC11111 Contemporary Scotland Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11425 Culture and the Arts in Post-war Scotland Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11417 Currents of Radicalism, 1776-1848 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11449 SS1 Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Semester 2 20
PGHC11420 Diaspora, Migration & Exile: A History of the Global Irish since 1600 (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11411 SV1 Diaspora, Migration and Exile: The History of the Global Irish since 1600 Semester 1 20
PGHC11436 SS1 Directed Reading & Research (PGT-Sem 1) Semester 1 20
PGHC11435 SS1 Directed Reading & Research (PGT-Sem 2) Semester 2 20
PGHC11374 SV1 Dissertation, Taught MSc in Contemporary History Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11313 SV1 Dissertation, Taught MSc in History Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11313 SV1 Dissertation, Taught MSc in History Full Year 60
PGHC11312 SV1 Dissertation, Taught MSc in Scottish History Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11093 Dissertation: MSc by Research in History (Social Science) Not delivered this year 60
PGHC11291 Early American Foreign Policy, 1776-1823 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11249 Early Greek Art (1000-500 BC) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11041 Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11456 Economic transformation in Europe and North America, 1700-1914 (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11185 Egypt under the Ptolemies Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11088 SV1 Elementary Greek (PG) 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11089 SV1 Elementary Greek (PG) 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11086 SV1 Elementary Latin (PG) 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11087 SV1 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11465 SS1 Empire or Continent?: British Foreign Policy in the Era of the Great War (ODL) Semester 1 20
PGHC11181 Epicurus and Epicureanism Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11059 SV1 Etruscan Italy, 1000 - 300 BC Semester 1 20
PGHC11461 SV1 Exploring the Past with Data Science Semester 2 20
PGHC11263 Forensic Taphonomy Not delivered this year 10
PGHC11243 From Foraging to Farming: the Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11001 SV1 Frontiers in Archaeology: Research Seminars Semester 1 20
PGHC11460 SV1 GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists Semester 1 20
PGHC11066 Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11210 Gender and Empire: Contested Meanings and Divergent Practices Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11458 SV1 Gender in the History of the Americas Semester 2 20
PGHC11250 Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Britain c. 1860-1960 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11407 Genocide in Contemporary History Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11467 SV1 God, Nature and Knowledge: The History of Philosophy, c. 1600-1700 Semester 1 20
PGHC11423 Greek Palaeography Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11022 Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11279 Greek Text Seminar 1 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11318 SV1 Greek Text Seminar 2 Semester 1 20
PGHC11386 Greek Text Seminar 3 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11387 Greek Text Seminar 4 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11187 Hellenistic Art and Archaeology Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11182 Hellenistic Court and Society Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11335 SV1 Historical Methodology Semester 2 20
PGHC11379 SV1 Historical Research: Approaches to History (online) Semester 2 20
PGHC11378 SV1 Historical Research: Skills & Sources (online) Semester 1 20
PGHC11334 SV1 Historical Research: Skills and Sources Semester 1 20
PGHC11322 SV1 History Dissertation (MSc by Research Dissertation Only Mode) Full Year 180
PGHC11337 SV1 History PhD Dissertation Workshop Semester 2 20
PGHC11332 SV1 History as Romance, Profession, Critique: Theory and Scholarship in the West, 1835 to 1985 Semester 1 20
PGHC11023 Homer, Iliad and Related Texts Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11080 SV1 Human Evolution Semester 1 20
PGHC11367 SS1 Human Musculo-Skeletal Anatomy Semester 1 20
PGHC11409 SV1 Ideology and Politics in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Space (ODL) Semester 1 20
PGHC11275 Intellectual History of the American Revolution Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11269 SV1 Intermediate Greek (PG) 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11270 SV1 Intermediate Greek (PG) 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11267 SV1 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11268 SV1 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11362 SV1 Introduction to Contemporary History Semester 1 20
PGHC11302 Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11457 SV1 Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) Semester 2 20
PGHC11469 SV1 Judaea under Roman Rule Semester 2 20
PGHC11180 Late Antique Visual Culture Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11069 SV1 Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe Semester 2 20
PGHC11281 SV1 Latin Text Seminar 1 Semester 1 20
PGHC11282 SV1 Latin Text Seminar 2 Semester 2 20
PGHC11400 Latin Text Seminar 3 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11399 Latin Text Seminar 4 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11262 Legal and Evidential Framework in Forensic Anthropology Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11447 SS1 Literature and History in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland Semester 1 20
PGHC11193 SS1 MSc Dissertation - American History Block 5 (sem 2) 60
PGHC11194 SS1 MSc Dissertation - Classical Art and Archaeology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11199 MSc Dissertation - Gender History Not delivered this year 60
PGHC11257 SS1 MSc Dissertation - Intellectual History Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11195 SS1 MSc Dissertation - Medieval History Block 5 (sem 2) 60
PGHC11100 SV1 MSc Dissertation in Classics Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11301 SV1 MSc Dissertation in Classics (Dissertation only Mode) Full Year 180
PGHC11437 SS1 MSc Dissertation in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGHC11416 Maps and Mappery in Historical Research: The Case of Scotland (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11135 Martyrdom and Voluntary Death in the Ancient World Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11347 Medicine and Society in Modern Britain Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11331 Medicine, Science and Society in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11369 SV1 Medieval Men and Masculinities Semester 1 20
PGHC11405 Merchants, Pirates and Crusaders in the late medieval Mediterranean Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11145 Mind and World in Early Greek Philosophy Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11470 SS1 Modern Latin American History (ODL) Semester 2 20
PGHC11398 SV1 Myth and the History of Scholarship in Early Modern Europe Semester 1 20
PGHC11422 Myth and the History of Scholarship in Early Modern Europe (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11215 Normandy and the Normans c. 900-1204 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11459 SV1 Practical Zooarchaeology Semester 2 20
PGHC11345 SV1 Propaganda in Renaissance Scotland Semester 1 20
PGHC11462 SV1 Quantitative Methods and Reasoning in Archaeology Semester 1 20
PGHC11471 SS1 Questioning the 'Revolutions' in Economic and Social History (ODL) Semester 2 20
PGHC11079 SV1 Research Sources and Strategies in Archaeology Semester 2 20
PGHC11434 SS1 Revolutions in Modern Europe Semester 1 20
PGHC11073 Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11353 Rock Art and Archaeology: from Scotland to the Sahara Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11146 SV1 Roman Archaeology Semester 2 20
PGHC11138 Roman Funerary Art Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11143 Roman Imperial Monuments Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11366 Roman villas Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11224 SV1 Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Semester 2 20
PGHC11261 Scientific Evidence in Forensic Anthropology Not delivered this year 10
PGHC11390 Scotland and Ireland, 1800 to 1945 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11317 SV1 Scottish History Dissertation (MSc by Research Dissertation Only Mode) Full Year 180
PGHC11125 Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11376 Seeking 'Japan' in a Westernizing World: Revolution, Romance, and Imperialism, 1868 - 1945 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11231 SV1 Skeletal Pathology Semester 2 20
PGHC11413 SS1 Skills and Methods in Classics Full Year 20
PGHC11149 Slavery in the British Atlantic World, 1650-1834 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11419 Society and Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Space Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11451 South Asia since 1947: History and the Politics of Historiography (ODL) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11412 SV1 Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments Semester 1 20
PGHC11446 SS1 Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches Semester 2 20
PGHC11092 Supervised Reading Course (E&SH) Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11391 The American Civil War and Reconstruction Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11453 SS1 The Athenian Akropolis Semester 2 20
PGHC11445 The British Empire in Political Thought Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11153 The British at War, 1939-1945 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11192 SS1 The Civil Rights Movement Semester 1 20
PGHC11450 SS1 The Closest of Enemies: Cuban-American Relations 1898-2014 (ODL) Semester 2 20
PGHC11408 The Closest of Enemies: Cuban-American relations 1898-2014 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11389 The Crusades and the Euro-Mediterranean world of the Central Middle Ages Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11357 The Crusades: Thirteenth Century Crossroads Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11283 SS1 The Demise of the Slave-Holding American South, 1846-1877 Semester 2 20
PGHC11441 SS1 The Germans and the East: Myth, Migration and Empire 1795 - 1970 Semester 1 20
PGHC11418 SV1 The Global Renaissance Semester 2 20
PGHC11183 SV1 The Hellenistic City Semester 1 20
PGHC11344 SV1 The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation Semester 2 20
PGHC11466 SS1 The Holocaust (ODL) Semester 2 20
PGHC11068 SV1 The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC Semester 2 20
PGHC11454 SS1 The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism Semester 2 20
PGHC11404 SV1 The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (ODL) Semester 1 20
PGHC11144 The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11330 The Politics of Historiography in Post-Colonial South Asia Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11392 SS1 The Rise of Modern U.S. Conservatism Semester 1 20
PGHC11444 SS1 The Scientific Revolution in Global Perspective Semester 2 20
PGHC11075 The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11394 The Shadow of Versailles: Europe Between the Wars, 1918-1939 Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11274 The Sixties in the United States Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11214 SS1 The Sources of Medieval History Semester 1 20
PGHC11468 SS1 The Trial of the Templars (ODL) Semester 2 20
PGHC11341 SV1 The United States and the Cold War Semester 1 20
PGHC11273 The United States and the Vietnam War: Origins and Repercussions Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11236 SV1 Themes in American Historiography Semester 1 20
PGHC11463 SV1 Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom Semester 1 20
PGHC11159 Themes in Modern British and Irish Historiography Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11329 SS1 Theoretical Archaeology Semester 2 20
PGHC11421 SS1 Theories of Empire in the Early Modern Period Semester 2 20
PGHC11442 SS1 Theories of Empire in the Early Modern Period (ODL) Semester 1 20
PGHC11383 Thinking the 20th Century - Hannah Arendt and the breakdown of European Civilization Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11439 Topics in Byzantine Literary History Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11339 War and Identities in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11371 Willingly to War? The Origins of the First World War Not delivered this year 20
PGHC11336 SV1 Writing History: Theory and Practice Semester 1 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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