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Combining the complementary subjects of culture and heritage with history, this joint degree covers a wide range of subjects from early history through to the modern day. You will explore culture, history, language, literature, and much more, within a national and international context, preparing you for life beyond university.
As you progress through the course, you will choose from a combination of modules, equally balanced between the two disciplines. You will have the opportunity to participate in an optional museum studies module, as well as possible volunteering positions across the Highlands.
3 Scottish Highers at grade BBC or above OR
2 A levels at grade BC or above
At least two should be from the list of relevant academic subjects
Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will be considered on an individual basis
Advanced entry to year two:
HNC Social Science (12 SQA credits) with 3 additional SQA credits at level 7, which is equivalent to 120-degree credit points, and at least grade C in the Graded Unit will be considered for direct entry to year two
20 hours work permit for international students
You will study the following modules.
Culture and Heritage
Scotland: the brand OR What is culture? (S1)
Culture. Heritage. What? OR Scotland's music (S2)
History
What is history?
PLUS one of the following:
A Middle Age? Europe c. 1000-1500
People, power and protest: themes in modern British history
Empire, environment, and identity: Scotland 1600-2000
You will choose a further two option modules from a range of history, cultural heritage, and other humanities subjects.
Tradition, custom, and belief OR Folklore (S1)
Plus one of the following (S2):
Golden mead and burning hearts
Languages on the edge
Displaying the past: museum studies
Historians and history
A curious age: Europe 1500-1789
Themes in American history
Introduction to medieval and early modern Scotland
You will choose a further two option modules from a range of history, culture and heritage, and other humanities subjects.
You will study one of two core modules:
Public history
An interdisciplinary project
You will also study a further five options, ensuring a balance of three Culture and Heritage and three History modules.
Modules may include the following options.
Perceptions of heritage (S2)
Scotland in film (S1)
Celtic and Celtic revival art in Scotland 600-2000 (S2)
The Scottish Enlightenment and Highland Society (S2)*
People and the natural environment (S2)*
* modules run on alternate years
A study of things: material culture of medieval and early modern Europe
A clash of civilizations: the Crusades, c. 1096-1198
War and chivalry in Medieval Britain and France c1100-1400
Queer Britannia: gender, sexuality and performative identities in Britain, 1800-1950
Crime, custom and conflict, 1700 - 1850
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 their Public History project, or two Scottish History options if they are not taking Public History.
You will complete a dissertation in Culture and Heritage or History. You will also study one option module from your chosen dissertation subject, plus three option modules from the other subject.
Scottish tradition in philosophy (S1)
Highland Journeys (S2)
Faeries and fables – the story of Gaelic literature (S1)
Vikings and Valkyries (S2)
Fight the power: music and the politics of black America
Gender in American culture and society 1776-1917
Lordship, colony, kingdom: the making of Ireland
Reaching the ‘estate of manhood’ in medieval and early modern Europe
The Norman diaspora: conquest, colonization and assimilation
If you wish to exit with a Culture, Heritage, and Scottish History degree you must undertake a Scottish History dissertation plus one further Scottish History OR, if you are undertaking a Culture & Heritage dissertation, two of the three History modules must be in Scottish History.
Applicants must have an IELTS score- 6.0 or equivalent
English (PTE) Academic-58 average with 51 in each component
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) iBT4-Min 80 or above with min 18 in each section
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