MSc Degrees in History & Archaeology (Library)

This two-year part-time master's degree is designed to combine a systematic training in historical research techniques with the study of a range of major local historical themes and the chance to undertake an individually-researched dissertation. Read more

This Masters brings together social and political historians, active in research on topics from the French Revolution to refugees in the 20th century. Read more

This Masters focuses on the late 15th to 18th centuries, providing opportunities to explore social, political, religious and cultural historical themes across wide geographic and chronological ranges in a university with extensive library, museum and archive collections for this period. Read more

This programme allows you to explore American History in the hemispheric sense, taking ‘America’ to mean the whole hemisphere of the Americas. Read more

This programme will provide you with what you need to pursue advanced research in medieval history. It will help you to expand your own research interests through small, seminar-based classes. Read more

This Masters offers courses in social, political, religious, military and cultural history of Scotland from the medieval period through to the 20th century. Read more

This Masters programme offers you the opportunity to explore the ancient world from a multicultural and interdisciplinary perspective from the Near-East to North-Western Europe. Read more

Our MSc Archaeological Practice (Economic and Social Research) is designed specifically as training for the 1+3 funded PhD studentships in the ESRC Doctoral… Read more

Explore the evolution, biology and behaviour of humankind through the study of our Stone Age ancestors. With this specialist master’s in palaeoanthropology you’ll gain expertise in the analysis of stone tools and hominin skulls to understand our evolutionary journey. Read more

Our online MSc in Ancient Worlds provides you with the opportunity to explore the human past, from early prehistory to late antiquity through a diverse range of courses and independent research. Read more

The Masters in Global Gender History (online distance learning) offers online, vocationally-orientated tuition in gendered analyses of the global past. Read more

This Masters offers a combination of technical and historical courses across a broad geographic, chronological and thematic range taught be leading experts who often work closely with the outstanding medieval collections of the university’s library, museum and archives. Read more

Our Forensic Anthropology course combines skills sets of biological anthropologists, archaeologists, pathologists and forensic scientists to facilitate… Read more