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Early Modern History at University of Glasgow - UCAS

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Course summary

This Masters focuses on the late 15th to 18th centuries, providing opportunities to explore social, political, religious and cultural historical themes across wide geographic and chronological ranges in a university with extensive library, museum and archive collections for this period. Experts in Early Modern Scotland, England, Europe, Africa, and the Americas contribute to our teaching. You will take a core course in Research, Resources and Skills alongside other History students and five optional courses. WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of Early Modern History. On campus, the university library holds superb printed and manuscript collections from the medieval to the present. You can also use the Baillie Collection of printed medieval and modern sources in Scottish, Irish and English history. The University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery provides access to primary source materials in fields such as fine art, numismatics and ethnography.
  • Members of staff teaching on this programme have close links with the city’s world class museums.
  • Early Modern History at Glasgow is a dynamic and supportive research community with an increasingly global perspective, where you’re encouraged to take part in many research led initiatives such as seminar programmes, reading and research groups.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE -You will take: One core course Five optional courses (these courses may include languages offered by other subjects, and (with the permission of the programme convenor) courses offered by other subjects.) You will also produce a dissertation. Semester 1: September to December Core course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS Two or three optional courses (which can include, but which are not limited to Early Modern History). Early Modern courses running in session 2021-22 within History this semester are: HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS Semester 2: January to March Two or three optional courses (which can include but which are not limited to Early Modern History). Early Modern courses running in session 2021-22 within History this semester are: MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Other courses offered by History and available to you in include: CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) GENDER, POLITICS AND POWER GENDER, CULTURE AND TEXT THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES Please note the availability of a particular course depends on student numbers and patterns of staff leave. Not all courses will be available every year. Summer: April to September DISSERTATION (MSC HISTORY)


How to apply

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Entry requirements

Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified. You’ll also need to submit a short (one paragraph) statement of interest in this programme. International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses.


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Early Modern History at University of Glasgow - UCAS