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Course summary

This Masters offers courses across all periods from medieval to late modern, focusing on Scotland, Britain, Europe and America with increasing global perspective. You’ll study historical skills and methods and produce a research dissertation based on primary sources. History at Glasgow rates joint 4th in the UK for research excellence and impact. Our research directs our postgraduate teaching so that you'll explore cutting-edge topics. WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • Glasgow is an outstanding resource hub for the study of 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.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE You’ll take:
  • One core course
  • Five optional courses
You’ll also produce a dissertation. Core Course DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS Optional Courses You can choose courses from within History to suit your own interests: Semester 1 Semester 1 APPROACHES TO HISTORY (FOR POSTGRADUATES) ISSUES, IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN SCOTLAND MILITARY SCOTLAND IN THE AGE OF PROTO-GLOBALIZATION, C.1600-C.1800 THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF INEQUALITIES COMMODITY HISTORIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 1500-2000 THE OTTOMANS IN HISTORY, 1300-1922 SEEKING REFUGE FROM SLAVERY: ENSLAVED RESISTANCE FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS SIN AND THE COURTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND Semester 2 SCOTTISH RADICALISM 1848-1950 MEDIEVAL PALAEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS HERETICS AND INQUISITORS IN EUROPE,800-1600 THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR WORKING WITH MANUSCRIPTS AS HISTORIANS AMERICA'S TWO QUAGMIRES: VIETNAM AND IRAQ VIOLENCE AND THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS THE GLOBAL COLD WAR, 1947-2008 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 GAMES AND GAMING HISTORY A 'NEW FORM OF SLAVERY'?: INDENTURED LABOUR IN POST-SLAVERY CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES, C. 1836-1917 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE IN AN AGE OF TERRORWith permission, you can also take courses from other subjects in the College of Arts and beyond. 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) Teaching and Assessment Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based, in small classes.Technical skills are taught through lectures and workshops associated with the core course, while the conceptual foundations for gender history are taught through the weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.

How to apply

International applicants

International applicant information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'international'. Classes start September 2021 and you may be expected to attend induction sessions the week before.

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.

Fees and funding

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

All fees are published on the University of Glasgow website. https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/feesandfunding/

Sponsorship information

Sponsorship and funding information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'scholarships'.

History at University of Glasgow - UCAS