Taught courses
You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including two compulsory courses and four optional courses.
Core courses
There are two required core courses for this programme: two history skills training courses (20 credits each), one in each semester, which are taken by all MSc students in History in the school.
The compulsory courses for this programme are:
| Course name | Credits |
|---|---|
|
Historical Research: Skills and Sources |
20 |
|
Historical Methodology |
20 |
Optional courses
You will choose a further 80 credits from a wide selection of optional courses, subject to availability.
Option courses previously offered include those listed below. Option courses change from year to year and those available when you start your studies will be different from those shown in this representative list.
| Course name | Credits |
|---|---|
| Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland | 20 |
| Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries | 20 |
| Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland | 20 |
|
'The wisest fool in Christendom': the Ideas and Writings of James VI & I |
20 |
| The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (Online Learning) | 20 |
|
Athens of the North: the Origins and Ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment (Online Learning) |
20 |
|
Contemporary Scotland |
20 |
|
Architecture and Landscape in Scotland 1650-1815 |
20 |
|
Edinburgh's Slavery Connections: Research Seminar |
20 |
Teaching and assessment
You will take a variety of seminar-style courses in small groups. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work, while some courses may assess non-written skills.
Further information
You can see more details about the 2023/24 programme structure on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in Scottish History. We expect the 2024/25 programme structure to be available from May 2024.