MA History

Entry Requirements

A-levels

• Standard academic entry requirements: AAB.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: BBB.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include at least one arts, humanities or language subject.

Highers

• Standard academic entry requirements: S5 entry requirement = AAAA/AAABB. S6 entry requirement = AAAAAB (S6 entry requirements only apply to applicants who achieved the minimum S5 requirements and have been made a conditional offer).
• Minimum academic entry requirements: Applicants who achieve less than AAAA or AAABB in S5 but have achieved at least ABBB MAY receive an offer based on S6 results. A decision will be made in March 2015 once all applications have been reviewed.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include English and a humanities subject or language at Grades A/B or B/A.

International Baccalaureate

• Standard academic entry requirements: 36 points.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: 34 points.
• Other mandatory requirements: Offers will specify subjects and grades to be attained at Higher Level.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training):

• overall score 6.5
• no sub-test less than 6.0
• or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification (see below)

Common equivalent English language qualifications:

• ibTOEFL: 92; no sub-test less than 20*
• CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): B minimum
• CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): C minimum
• PTE Academic (Person Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59
• IGCSE: English language: B minimum.

Curriculum

Year 1

• You will take two core courses covering Scottish and Medieval history over a broad time span. Between them, these courses introduce you to the study of history first in a national Scottish and then a broader European context. Forces driving continuity and change in Scottish and European politics, society, economy and culture are assessed over time.

Year 2

• You will study modern social and cultural history and American history. These courses introduce you to new historical skills and approaches and represent a progression from first year. You will also have the option of taking a modern European history course. 

Years 3 and 4

• Barbarians in the Mediterranean
• The Norman Conquest 1066-1100
• Print, propaganda and subversion in Europe 1630-1800
• Scottish popular culture
• Intelligence, the state and international relations in the 20th century
• American landscape history.