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Degree Programme Table: English Language and History (MA Hons) (UTENGLH)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed

LASC08017 20 credits
LEL2C: English in Time and Space

Must be passed

LASC08019 20 credits

Course options

Second Year History Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Modern United States History
HIST08038 20 credits
Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales c.1100 - c1500
HIST08039 20 credits
Britain, Ireland and Empire c. 1800-2000
HIST08040 20 credits
Global Connections since 1450
HIST08041 20 credits
Themes in Scottish History since 1560
HIST08042 20 credits
Themes in Modern European History
HIST08043 20 credits
Introduction to Historiography
HIST08044 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
It is recommended that students take at least 20 credits of further LEL2 courses.
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted in years one and two.

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Notes: Progression to Honours requires (1) an *average* of 50% across all obligatory LEL2 courses, achieved at the first attempt, (2) a minimum of 40% in each obligatory LEL2 course, achieved at the first or second attempt.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

History 3/4 Honours Options from School(s) E/B - History (MA) - Level(s) 10

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
'History in Practice' is STRONGLY recommended if intending to Dissertation in History
The Severans
ANHI10007 20 credits
Roman Slavery
ANHI10011 20 credits
The Greek World and Rome
ANHI10012 20 credits
The World of St Augustine
ANHI10013 20 credits
Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty
ANHI10016 20 credits
Violence and Disorder in Roman Society, 133-31 BC
ANHI10022 20 credits
The Emperor in the Late Roman World
ANHI10026 20 credits
Empresses and Others: Women of Imperial Rome
ANHI10052 20 credits
Persica: Ancient Greek Historians and the Persian Empire
ANHI10053 20 credits
Law and Life of Rome
ANHI10058 20 credits
The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans
ARCA10035 20 credits
History in Practice
CHCA10001 20 credits
Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880
ECSH10004 20 credits
Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713
ECSH10008 20 credits
Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10016 20 credits
Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10017 20 credits
Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10017 20 credits
Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974
ECSH10062 20 credits
Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970
ECSH10070 20 credits
Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830
ECSH10083 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949
ECSH10087 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949
ECSH10088 20 credits
London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture
ECSH10091 20 credits
Methodology of History 1
HIST10003 20 credits
The Fall of Rome
HIST10005 20 credits
The Frontier in American History, 1763-1890
HIST10031 20 credits
Making Histories: Current Theories in Writing History
HIST10032 20 credits
Post-Colonial South Asia
HIST10040 20 credits
Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952
HIST10049 20 credits
Italy and the Mediterranean from Constantine to the Crusades
HIST10074 20 credits
Renaissance Italians
HIST10101 20 credits
Black Nationalism in America
HIST10116 20 credits
Pre-Revolutionary America
HIST10151 20 credits
Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England
HIST10160 20 credits
The Holocaust
HIST10164 20 credits
Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970
HIST10208 20 credits
United States Foreign Policy 1880-1917
HIST10253 20 credits
Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx
HIST10257 20 credits
Early Modern English Witchcraft
HIST10261 20 credits
The Normans in Eleventh-Century Europe
HIST10262 20 credits
The Making of Modern Ireland, c.1798-1940: Politics and Society
HIST10281 20 credits
Restoration Spain, 1875-1923
HIST10302 20 credits
The Spanish Civil War
HIST10303 40 credits
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the U.S. South, 1789-1860
HIST10333 20 credits
Revolutionary Russia, 1861-1921
HIST10337 20 credits
The French Revolution
HIST10338 20 credits
Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars
HIST10342 20 credits
Contemporary British Conservatism
HIST10343 20 credits
From New Jerusalem to New Labour: The Labour Party in Contemporary Britain
HIST10344 20 credits
The Crusades and Medieval Society
HIST10348 20 credits
Medieval Islamic Empires
HIST10352 20 credits
The Third Reich 1933-1945
HIST10359 20 credits
Machiavelli and His World
HIST10361 20 credits
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile
HIST10362 20 credits
Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy
HIST10364 20 credits
Stalin's Revolution: The USSR, 1926-1941
HIST10366 20 credits
Montaigne and the Late Renaissance
HIST10370 20 credits
France since 1940
HIST10371 20 credits
God, Nature and Knowledge: The History of Philosophy, c. 1650-1750
HIST10374 20 credits
Confrontation, Proliferation, Representation: The Nuclear Cold War in Policy and in Public, 1945-1989
HIST10376 20 credits
A 'Special Relationship'?: US-UK Relations From World War II to the War on Terror
HIST10377 20 credits
Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730
HIST10379 20 credits
Digital History and the shaping of historical knowledge
HIST10381 20 credits
Politics and Power in Post-Colonial Africa
HIST10382 20 credits
The White Man's Burden: Race, Gender and the Victorian Empire
HIST10383 20 credits
Worlds of Diplomacy: Culture and Power in Modern Europe
HIST10384 20 credits
The peoples of Britain in the first millennium CE
HIST10397 20 credits
History in Theory
HIST10407 20 credits
Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland
SCHI10012 20 credits
Scottish Politics since 1906
SCHI10064 20 credits
Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland
SCHI10072 20 credits
Scotland and the Great War
SCHI10073 20 credits
The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974
SCHI10074 20 credits
AND

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
AND

History 3/4 Honours Options from School(s) E/B - History (MA) - Level(s) 10

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
The Severans
ANHI10007 20 credits
Roman Slavery
ANHI10011 20 credits
The Greek World and Rome
ANHI10012 20 credits
The World of St Augustine
ANHI10013 20 credits
Ancient Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty
ANHI10016 20 credits
Violence and Disorder in Roman Society, 133-31 BC
ANHI10022 20 credits
The Emperor in the Late Roman World
ANHI10026 20 credits
Empresses and Others: Women of Imperial Rome
ANHI10052 20 credits
Persica: Ancient Greek Historians and the Persian Empire
ANHI10053 20 credits
Law and Life of Rome
ANHI10058 20 credits
The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans
ARCA10035 20 credits
History in Practice
CHCA10001 20 credits
Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880
ECSH10004 20 credits
Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713
ECSH10008 20 credits
Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10016 20 credits
Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10017 20 credits
Popular Culture and Belief in Britain, 1560-1640
ECSH10017 20 credits
Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974
ECSH10062 20 credits
Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970
ECSH10070 20 credits
Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830
ECSH10083 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949
ECSH10087 20 credits
Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949
ECSH10088 20 credits
London Life in the Eighteenth Century: Society and Culture
ECSH10091 20 credits
Methodology of History 1
HIST10003 20 credits
The Fall of Rome
HIST10005 20 credits
The Frontier in American History, 1763-1890
HIST10031 20 credits
Making Histories: Current Theories in Writing History
HIST10032 20 credits
Post-Colonial South Asia
HIST10040 20 credits
Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952
HIST10049 20 credits
Italy and the Mediterranean from Constantine to the Crusades
HIST10074 20 credits
Renaissance Italians
HIST10101 20 credits
Black Nationalism in America
HIST10116 20 credits
Pre-Revolutionary America
HIST10151 20 credits
Plague, Politics and Protest: Rebellion and Society in Fourteenth-century England
HIST10160 20 credits
The Holocaust
HIST10164 20 credits
Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970
HIST10208 20 credits
United States Foreign Policy 1880-1917
HIST10253 20 credits
Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx
HIST10257 20 credits
Early Modern English Witchcraft
HIST10261 20 credits
The Normans in Eleventh-Century Europe
HIST10262 20 credits
The Making of Modern Ireland, c.1798-1940: Politics and Society
HIST10281 20 credits
Restoration Spain, 1875-1923
HIST10302 20 credits
The Spanish Civil War
HIST10303 40 credits
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the U.S. South, 1789-1860
HIST10333 20 credits
Revolutionary Russia, 1861-1921
HIST10337 20 credits
The French Revolution
HIST10338 20 credits
Gender Identities in Britain during the Two World Wars
HIST10342 20 credits
Contemporary British Conservatism
HIST10343 20 credits
From New Jerusalem to New Labour: The Labour Party in Contemporary Britain
HIST10344 20 credits
The Crusades and Medieval Society
HIST10348 20 credits
Medieval Islamic Empires
HIST10352 20 credits
The Third Reich 1933-1945
HIST10359 20 credits
Machiavelli and His World
HIST10361 20 credits
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: Hunger, Modernity and Exile
HIST10362 20 credits
Ming China (1368-1644) and its Cultural Legacy
HIST10364 20 credits
Stalin's Revolution: The USSR, 1926-1941
HIST10366 20 credits
Montaigne and the Late Renaissance
HIST10370 20 credits
France since 1940
HIST10371 20 credits
God, Nature and Knowledge: The History of Philosophy, c. 1650-1750
HIST10374 20 credits
Confrontation, Proliferation, Representation: The Nuclear Cold War in Policy and in Public, 1945-1989
HIST10376 20 credits
A 'Special Relationship'?: US-UK Relations From World War II to the War on Terror
HIST10377 20 credits
Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730
HIST10379 20 credits
Digital History and the shaping of historical knowledge
HIST10381 20 credits
Politics and Power in Post-Colonial Africa
HIST10382 20 credits
The White Man's Burden: Race, Gender and the Victorian Empire
HIST10383 20 credits
Worlds of Diplomacy: Culture and Power in Modern Europe
HIST10384 20 credits
The peoples of Britain in the first millennium CE
HIST10397 20 credits
History in Theory
HIST10407 20 credits
Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland
SCHI10012 20 credits
Scottish Politics since 1906
SCHI10064 20 credits
Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland
SCHI10072 20 credits
Scotland and the Great War
SCHI10073 20 credits
The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974
SCHI10074 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Dissertation in Language Sciences

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation in Language Sciences
LASC10024 40 credits
OR

History Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
History Dissertation
HIST10309 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
AND

History 4th Year Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Innovations and crises: the rise and tribulations of financial capitalism, c. 1600 to the present
ECSH10099 40 credits
Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950
HIST10092 40 credits
The American Civil Rights Movement
HIST10155 40 credits
The Spanish Civil War
HIST10303 40 credits
The United States in Vietnam: History and Consequences
HIST10308 40 credits
The American Civil War: History and Memory
HIST10334 40 credits
Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800
HIST10339 40 credits
British Politics in the Shadow of War, 1939 to 1945
HIST10351 40 credits
The Conquest Generation, 1087-1135: England and Henry I
HIST10356 40 credits
Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780
HIST10360 40 credits
In Search of Modern Selves: Psychiatry and Psychotherapies in India and Japan, 1880 - the Present
HIST10372 40 credits
Dreams and nightmares: the culture and politics of postwar Europe, 1945-1975
HIST10385 40 credits
The Lands Between: Eastern Europe from the Partitions of Poland to the Fall of Communism
HIST10402 40 credits
Revolution and the End of Slavery in the British and French Atlantic Worlds
HIST10404 40 credits
British Politics in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1832
HIST10417 40 credits
Early Medieval Sexualities, c.500-1000
HIST10420 40 credits
The European Witch-Hunt
SCHI10021 40 credits
Atlantic Encounters. Scotland and the North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century
SCHI10075 40 credits
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