University of the Highlands and Islands
MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands
Online
Master degree
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,990 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* Scottish: £5,256 | Rest of UK: £7,020 | International: £9,990
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Key Summary
About: The MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands at the University of the Highlands and Islands examines Highland and island history from medieval to twentieth-century Scotland. The first postgraduate course on this region uses primary sources—oral testimony, physical and online archives and newspapers—and is taught online via the virtual learning environment. You can take modules, earn PgCert, PgDip or the MLitt, and progress to supervised PhD research with Centre for History support.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter Teaching, Research, Media, journalism and politics, Community or adult education, Heritage and tourism, Museums and galleries and related roles such as archivist, curator.
What is special about this course?
This Masters in the History of the Highlands and Islands is the first-ever taught the postgraduate course to focus on the colourful and often conflict-driven history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, from medieval times to the 20th century.
It is a truly interactive course that involves extensive use of primary source material including oral history testimony, material from physical and online archives and newspapers. Critical thinking is essential to the topics covered as is a sensitivity to the way history interacts with memory.
You will study a range of subjects that will not only spark your interest and emotions but may also cause you to begin to question stereotypes and cherished myths.
Special features
- This is the first-ever postgraduate course focusing specifically on the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
- You can study from a distance online through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE), which means you can fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments.
- You will have support from the expert staff at the Centre for History throughout your studies.
- Successful students will be able to proceed from undergraduate study, through the MLitt, towards supervised postgraduate PhD level research in history.
- You can study individual modules for personal or professional development, or work towards the PgCert, PgDip, or full masters degree.
PgCert
The core modules are:
- Arguments and alternatives in history
- Primary sources in history
You must complete ONE of the above core modules to enable you to exit with the PgCert.
You must also undertake at least one of the following options during your studies (which can be at this stage, or the next level):
- Introduction to palaeography and languages in North Atlantic history
- Voices from the past: understanding and using oral history
You can also choose further option modules (to make a total of three modules overall), which may include:
- Contemplating the Clearances
- Lordship of the Isles
- Maritime lives: the Scottish Northern Isles during the Early Modern period
- Rivers, ports and coasts in history
- Any option module from the MLitt History
PgDip
You will choose three further modules from those listed in the PgCert.
MLitt
To achieve the award of MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands you must complete a 60-credit research dissertation.
Start date
- September
- January
How will I study my course?
- Full-time
- Part-time (structured)
- Part-time (unstructured)
- You will study through supported online learning using the university's virtual learning environment (VLE)
- You will have support from expert staff at the Centre for History throughout your course
How long will my course last?
- Full-time: 1 year @ 35 hours per week
- Part-time (structured): 2 years @ 17.5 hours per week
- Part-time (unstructured): up to 6 years
Number of hours per week indicates the total number of hours you should dedicate to the course, which includes time spent in lectures and your own time spent on individual study and research.
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What can I do on completion of my course?
- Teaching
- Research
- Media, journalism and politics
- Community or adult education
- Heritage and tourism
- Museums and galleries