BA (Hons) History and Theology

History

You will study the following core module: 

• What is history? (S1) 

Plus, a choice of one of the following modules: 

• People, protest and power: themes in modern British history (S1) 

• A middle age? Europe c. 1100-1500 (S2) 

• Empire, environment, and identity: Scotland 1600-2000 (S2) 

Theology

You will choose two from the following modules:

• Protestant Reformation (S2)

• Introduction to Systematic Theology (S1)

• Pentateuch (S2)

• Jesus and the Gospels (S1)

You will study two further option modules from a range of history, theology, and other humanities subjects.

History

You will study the following core module:

• Historians and history (S2)

Plus, a choice of one of the following three modules:

• A curious age: European society and culture, 1500-1750 (S1)

• Court, Kirk and Burgh in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (Semester TBC) 

• Themes in American history (Semester TBC)

Theology

You will study two of the following modules:

• Early church history (S1)

• Old Testament prophecy (S1)

• Person and work of Christ (S2)

• Pauline theology (S2)

You will study one of the two core project modules: 

• Public history (S2) OR 

• Theological Studies Project (SC) 

You will also study a further five option modules, ensuring a balance of three History modules and three Criminology modules in total.

History

Modules may include:

• Clash of civilizations: the Crusades, 1096-1198

•  The Alps, hills, and plain? Central Europe to 1918

• Crime, custom and conflict, 1700-1850

• Crown-Magnate relations in later medieval Northern Scotland

• Queer Britannia: gender, sexuality and performative identities in Britain, 1800-1950

• Scots in North America

• The Jacobites: patriots, rebels, or opportunists?

• War and chivalry in medieval Britain and France

• Dynastic decline and religious violence: Valois France, 1550-1610

Students wishing to specialize in Scottish History at Level 10 are advised to take at least one Scottish History option, plus undertake a Scottish topic for your Public History project, or two Scottish History options if you are not taking Public History.

Theology

Modules may include:

• Scottish church history (S1)

• Doctrine of God (S2)

• Hebrews (S1)

• Wisdom literature (S2)

You will complete a dissertation in history or theology.

You will also study one option module from your chosen dissertation subject plus three option modules from the other subject. Please see the notes below if you wish to specialize in Scottish History.

History

Modules may include:

• Chaos and Conflict?: 'Civil Wars' in high medieval Scandinavia

• Death and destruction: the social impact of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)

• Fight the power: music and the politics of Black America

• Noble, rebel, king: Robert Bruce and medieval Scotland 

• Reaching the estate of manhood in late medieval and early modern Europe

• Reform, rupture, and resistance: late medieval and early modern Ireland

• The Norman diaspora: conquest, colonization, and assimilation

• The empire strikes back: how the British Empire shaped Scotland  

• The Highland land wars: origins, aftermath and interpretations 

• War cruel and sharp: a military history of the Hundred Years' War 

If you wish to exit with a BA (Hons) Scottish History and Theology degree you must undertake a Scottish History dissertation plus one further Scottish history or history module, OR if you are undertaking a Theology dissertation, two of the three History modules must be in Scottish History.

Theology

Modules may include:

• Holy Spirit and the Word (S1)

• Luke-Acts (S1)

• Medieval church history (S2)

• Christian ethics (S2)

• Guided reading (S1 or S2)

• Hermeneutics (S1)

• Exploring psalms (S2)