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Summary of Course Content The sub-honours modules form a clear path of historical progression. The two modules are designed to foster the development of critical skills and place a growing emphasis on the interrogation of primary sources and the use of primary sources in essays and tutorial exercises. There are three lectures per week and a small group tutorial over a teaching semester of roughly twelve weeks. At Third and Fourth level teaching is more specialised and is seminar based. These modules are taught in weekly two-hour blocks and they are more clearly defined by the use of primary sources both in seminars and in essay work. The requirement to write a dissertation at Fourth level creates the opportunity for independent research and study.


Sub-honours From 2010-2011 Scottish History offers two sub-honours modules, Scotland and the English Empire 1070-1500, and Scotland, Britain and Empire, 1500-2000. The first of these courses examines the development of Scotland as an independent kingdom and nation during the Middle Ages. The second considers the regnal and then the parliamentary unions with England, showing how Scotland preserved its national identity while becoming part of Great Britain. Both modules deal with a variety of themes – economic, social and political – that have fundamentally shaped modern Scottish society. Taken together they provide a valuable insight into ongoing tensions within the Union and the nature of modern Scottish identity.


Honours (3rd and 4th years) At Third and Fourth level there are a variety of modules covering a wide chronological spread. At Third level we currently offer:


• Scottish Social Problems 1800-1990 • The Weaker Sex? Women and Scottish Society 1800-1970 • Constructing Identities: Scottish Historians and the Past 1707-1832


• Kingship and Tyranny: Scotland in the Age of Reform 1513-1603 • Pirates and Privateers in Early Modern Scottish History • Culture and Society in Renaissance Scotland • Survival and Stability: the Foundation of the Stewart Dynasty 1371-1460


• The Castle in Mediaeval Scotland • Age of Conquest: Edward I, Scotland and Wales • Pictavia to Albania: Scotland In the Viking Age • End of the Middle Ages? Scotland and England in the Fifteenth Century


At the Fourth level year-long modules include:


• Work and Politics in Modern Scotland • A Hot Bed of Genius: culture and society in the Scottish Enlightenment


• The Marian Moment: Politics and Ideology in Mary Stewart’s Britain


• The Bruce Cause: the Making of Late Mediaeval Scotland • Chivalry and Kingship: Scotland In the Later Middle Ages


Teaching Teaching at Second level is by a combination of lectures and a weekly tutorial; while the lecture class is larger, these tutorial groups usually contain about six students. At Honours level teaching is in seminar groups where class sizes are usually between 10 and 15 students for Third-level modules and around six to eight for Fourth-level modules. Some of the Third-level modules will involve field trips.


Careers Recent St Andrews Scottish History graduates have found employment in financial services, social work and education. One has gone on to be a Monument Steward for Historic Scotland, another to become a management trainee in the insurance sector, and another to pursue further training in journalism. Some have chosen to continue with vocational training in areas such as museum and galleries studies and librarianship, while others have pursued doctoral research in History. The establishment of a new parliament for Scotland has enhanced employment prospects among graduates with a degree in Scottish History. More information: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/School_of_History


Please see page 42 for details of the University’s Careers Centre.


Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, J Valentine collection – registered 1878


History (Scottish)


“I have found that the personal interest shown by the staff to each student has greatly benefited my understanding and enjoyment of the course. It is particularly interesting studying Scottish history in St Andrews, as the placing of the town’s history in context has enhanced my university experience.”


Alix (Glasgow)


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