48 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
MA (Master of Arts) History and Scottish History brings together courses on Scottish history with those from wider historical study. It allows you to combine a well-rounded and broad training in history with a particular focus on Scotland's past.
The University of Edinburgh has always been one of the great centres for the study of Scottish history, and offers an unrivalled concentration of expertise in this field. This programme fuses Edinburgh's excellence in this particular field with the wider offerings of its large and diverse history department.
Your study will seek to place Scotland's development over time in the broadest context and make connections, comparisons and contrasts with the history of other countries.
Our courses cover many aspects of Scotland's history from the medieval period to the recent past, including:
- political history
- cultural history
- social history
- economic history
- intellectual history
- National Library
- National Records
- National Galleries
- National Museums of Scotland
Programme benefits
- Study in one of the UK’s largest and most international history departments, joining a vibrant culture of inquiry and debate led by our dedicated staff.
- The University has always been one of the great centres for the study of Scottish history. We offer an unrivalled concentration of expertise in this field.
- Enjoy access to key resources, including the National Library of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, National Galleries, and National Museum of Scotland.
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
MA (Master of Arts) History and Scottish History brings together courses on Scottish history with those from wider historical study. It allows you to combine a well-rounded and broad training in history with a particular focus on Scotland's past.
The University of Edinburgh has always been one of the great centres for the study of Scottish history, and offers an unrivalled concentration of expertise in this field. This programme fuses Edinburgh's excellence in this particular field with the wider offerings of its large and diverse history department.
Your study will seek to place Scotland's development over time in the broadest context and make connections, comparisons and contrasts with the history of other countries.
Our courses cover many aspects of Scotland's history from the medieval period to the recent past, including:
- political history
- cultural history
- social history
- economic history
- intellectual history
- National Library
- National Records
- National Galleries
- National Museums of Scotland
Programme benefits
- Study in one of the UK’s largest and most international history departments, joining a vibrant culture of inquiry and debate led by our dedicated staff.
- The University has always been one of the great centres for the study of Scottish history. We offer an unrivalled concentration of expertise in this field.
- Enjoy access to key resources, including the National Library of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, National Galleries, and National Museum of Scotland.
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