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Master of Arts (Honours) Scottish History with Bible and Culture


MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: First Year
Code Module name Credits
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20 AND
View list 40 credits from Level 1000 options
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
AN1003 Ancient Empires 20
AN1004 Cities and Communities in the Ancient Mediterranean 20
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20
AS1001 Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
AS1002 The Physical Universe 20
AS1101 Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
BL1101 Biology 1 20
BL1102 Biology 2 20
CH1202 Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
CH1301 The Impact of Chemistry 20
CH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
CL1004 Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
CL1005 Images of Augustan Rome 20
CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
CO1001 The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 20
CS1002 Object-Oriented Programming 20
CS1003 Programming with Data 20
CS1006 Programming Projects 20
CS1007 Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
DI1001 God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
DI1003 The Art of Biblical Literature: Introducing the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 20
DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20
DI1006 Jesus and the Gospels 20
DI1009 Introduction to World Religions 20
DI1013 Science, Religion, and the Mind 20
DI1014 The Good Life: Christian Ethics and Human Flourishing 20
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
EC1001 Macroeconomics 20
EC1002 Microeconomics 20
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20
EC1008 Finance 20
EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
EN1004 Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
ES1001 Understanding Planet Earth 20
ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges 20
ES1006 Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20
FR1001 French Language and Literature 1 20
FR1002 French Language and Literature 2 20
GG1001 Climate, Capital, Community: Fundamentals of Global Geography 20
GG1002 Worlds of Crisis and Hope 20
GK1001 Greek Language for Beginners 20
GK1002 Greek Literature for Beginners 20
GK1005 Greek Language and Literature 1 20
GK1006 Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
GM1001 First Level German A 1 20
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20
GM1003 First Level German B 1 20
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20
ID1004 Great Ideas 2 20
ID1007 Ancient Origins, Modern Worlds 20
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
IT1001 Introduction to Italian Language 20
IT1002 Italian Language (Elementary) 20
IT1013 Italian Geographies 10
IT1015 Italian Language Intermediate 1 20
IT1016 Italian Language Intermediate 2 20
LT1001 Elementary Latin 1 20
LT1002 Elementary Latin 2 20
LT1003 World of Latin 1 20
LT1004 World of Latin 2 20
ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
ME1006 The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 20
MN1001 Organisations and Society 20
MN1002 Organisations and Analysis 20
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
MT1001 Introductory Mathematics 20
MT1002 Mathematics 20
MT1003 Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
MT1007 Statistics in Practice 20
MU1003 Understanding Music 20
MU1004 Making Music 1 20
MU1005 Words and Music 20
MU1006 An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: Why, and How, Human Beings Are Musical 20
PH1011 Physics 1A 20
PH1012 Physics 1B 20
PH1013 The Physics of Sustainable Energy 20
PH1503 Physics Skills 1B 20
PN1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
PN1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
PR1001 Persian for Beginners 1 20
PR1002 Persian for Beginners 2 20
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 The Enlightenment 20
RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20
RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
SA1001 Anthropology in the World 20
SA1002 Ways of Thinking 20
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20
VP1010 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 30
VP1016 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 5
VP1017 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 10
VP1018 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 15
VP1019 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 20
VP1020 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating Accessible Online Mathematics and Statistics Resources 30
VP1026 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating Accessible Online Mathematics and Statistics Resources 5
VP1027 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating Accessible Online Mathematics and Statistics Resources 10
VP1028 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating Accessible Online Mathematics and Statistics Resources 15
VP1029 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating Accessible Online Mathematics and Statistics Resources 20
VP1030 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 30
VP1036 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 5
VP1037 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 10
VP1038 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 15
VP1039 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 20
VP1040 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining Climate Impacts: Using Filmmaking to Explain Climate Change 30
VP1046 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining Climate Impacts: Using Filmmaking to Explain Climate Change 5
VP1047 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining Climate Impacts: Using Filmmaking to Explain Climate Change 10
VP1048 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining Climate Impacts: Using Filmmaking to Explain Climate Change 15
VP1049 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining Climate Impacts: Using Filmmaking to Explain Climate Change 20
VP1050 Vertically Integrated Project: Beauty and the Biz 30
VP1056 Vertically Integrated Project: Beauty and the Biz 5
VP1057 Vertically Integrated Project: Beauty and the Biz 10
VP1058 Vertically Integrated Project: Beauty and the Biz 15
VP1059 Vertically Integrated Project: Beauty and the Biz 20
VP1060 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 30
VP1066 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 5
VP1067 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 10
VP1068 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 15
VP1069 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 20
VP1070 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 30
VP1076 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 5
VP1077 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 10
VP1078 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 15
VP1079 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 20
VP1080 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 30
VP1086 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 5
VP1087 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 10
VP1088 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 15
VP1089 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 20
VP1090 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 30
VP1096 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 5
VP1097 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 10
VP1098 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 15
VP1099 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 20
VP1100 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 30
VP1106 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 5
VP1107 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 10
VP1108 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 15
VP1109 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 20
VP1110 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 30
VP1116 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 5
VP1117 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 10
VP1118 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 15
VP1119 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 20
VP1120 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 30
VP1126 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 5
VP1127 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 10
VP1128 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 15
VP1129 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 20
VP1130 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 30
VP1136 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 5
VP1137 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 10
VP1138 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 15
VP1139 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 20
VP1140 Vertically Integrated Project: Bacteriophage Discovery 30
VP1146 Vertically Integrated Project: Bacteriophage Discovery 5
VP1147 Vertically Integrated Project: Bacteriophage Discovery 10
VP1148 Vertically Integrated Project: Bacteriophage Discovery 15
VP1149 Vertically Integrated Project: Bacteriophage Discovery 20
VP1150 Vertically Integrated Project: Work-Life Balance for All? 30
VP1156 Vertically Integrated Project: Work-Life Balance for All? 5
VP1157 Vertically Integrated Project: Work-Life Balance for All? 10
VP1158 Vertically Integrated Project: Work-Life Balance for All? 15
VP1159 Vertically Integrated Project: Work-Life Balance for All? 20
VP1160 Vertically Integrated Project: The Science of Race and Racism 30
VP1166 Vertically Integrated Project: The Science of Race and Racism 5
VP1167 Vertically Integrated Project: The Science of Race and Racism 10
VP1168 Vertically Integrated Project: The Science of Race and Racism 15
VP1169 Vertically Integrated Project: The Science of Race and Racism 20
VP1170 Vertically Integrated Project: Peacehub: Global Mediation Database 30
VP1176 Vertically Integrated Project: Peacehub: Global Mediation Database 5
VP1177 Vertically Integrated Project: Peacehub: Global Mediation Database 10
VP1178 Vertically Integrated Project: Peacehub: Global Mediation Database 15
VP1179 Vertically Integrated Project: Peacehub: Global Mediation Database 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

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MA (Hons) Scottish History with Bible and Culture (Scottish History Element): First year
Code Module name Credits
( ME1006 The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 20 AND
( ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20 OR
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20 OR
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
DI2003 Christ, Paul, and the Origins of Christianity A (English Texts) 20 AND
DI2015 Reading the Women of the Old Testament A (English Texts) 20 AND
20 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits
MA (Hons) Scottish History with Bible and Culture (Scottish History Element): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ MO2008 Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1700 - 2000) 20 AND
( ^ HI2001 History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20 OR
^ ME2003 Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

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MA (Hons) Scottish History with Bible and Culture (Scottish History Element): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 90 credits from Modules: ME3140-3159, ME3301-3389, MO3060-3079, MO3160-3179,MO3260-3279,MO3360-3379,MO3460-3479,MO3560-3579,MO3760-3779,
ME3142 The Castle in Medieval Scotland (1100 - 1550) 30
ME3304 Age of Conquest: Edward I - Scotland and Wales (1239 - 1307) 30
ME3308 Scotland Begins: Iona, Dál Riata and the Picts 30
ME3309 Medieval St Andrews 30
ME3313 Early Irish Society (c. 600-800) 30
ME3314 Times of Trouble: Civil Conflicts in the Later Fifteenth-Century 30
ME3315 Scandinavians in the First Millennium 30
MO3065 Crown and Nobility in Early Modern Scotland 30
MO3162 Early Modern Scotland in the Age of British Unions (1603-1707) 30
MO3166 Debating Britain: Anglo-Scottish Unionism 1521 - 1707 30
MO3264 Microhistories of a Global Nation: Scotland, c.1707– c.1843 30
MO3365 Nationalism and Unionism in Modern Scotland 30
MO3366 Technology and Society since 1750 30
MO3367 A Graveyard of Empires? Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century 30
MO3461 Britain in the 1920s and 1930s: Aspects of Everyday Life 30
MO3561 Thatcherism, the 'New Right', and the Remaking of British Politics, c. 1940 - 1997 30
MO3053 The Power of Persuasion: Propaganda in Renaissance and Reformation Scotland 30
MO3390 The Late Ottoman Empire 1700–1922 30
MO3391 Documentary Film and History 30
MO3392 Scotland and the Pacific World, 1788–1914 30
ME3243 Orkneyinga Saga: Text and Context in the Medieval North Atlantic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Choices should be made from different module ranges.

With the permission of the Chair of the Degree Committee a student may:
a) Substitute 30 credits in Third or Fourth Year for 3000-level or 4000-level credits in another school.
b) Take 60 credits from the range AN4103-AN4133,ME3000-ME399,MO3000-MO3999.
MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI4600 - DI4789
DI4600 Letters of Peter, James and Jude: English Texts 30
DI4601 Letters of Peter, James and Jude: Greek Texts 30
DI4604 Johannine Literature and Theology: English Text 30
DI4605 Johannine Literature and Theology: Greek Text 30
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4612 Studies in the Pauline Corpus (A): English Text 30
DI4613 Studies in the Pauline Corpus (B): Greek Text 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4634 God and Morality: Faith and Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment 30
DI4635 Prophetic Books 30
DI4699 Jesus's Ascension in Scripture and Tradition 30
DI4710 Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew Texts 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic: Do This In Remembrance of Me: History, Memory, and Story-Making in and Beyond the Bible 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI4800 Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
DI4830 Aquinas' Theology 30
DI4831 Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
DI4834 The Doctrine of Creation 30
DI4835 Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4836 Religion and Violence 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

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MA (Hons) Scottish History with Bible and Culture (Scottish History Element): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: ME4750-ME4789, MO4801 - MO4849 AND
ME4750 Conflict and Cohabitation: Northern Britain c.550 – 750 60
ME4752 Robert Bruce and Edward II: Kings, Nobles and Communities in the British Isles (1306 – 1346) 60
ME4756 Historia Brittonum: Inventing the Past in Ninth-Century Wales 60
ME4757 Monks and Nuns, Saints and Nobles: Germany in the High Middle Ages 60
ME4758 Gendered Lives: Men and Women in the Later Middle Ages 60
MO4805 The Scottish Enlightenment 60
MO4807 Mary, Queen of Scots, France, England and Ireland 60
MO4808 Class or Nation? Radical Politics in Twentieth Century Scotland 60
MO4809 Law and Society in Scotland and its Empire, 1707-1914 60
MO4810 Approaches to the American Century 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: HI4101, HI4998, HI4999 AND ID4002
HI4101 Communication in History 15
HI4998 Honours Project in History 30
HI4999 Honours Dissertation in History 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Chair of the Degree Committee a student may:
a) Take HI4999
b) Take credits from the module range AN4103-AN4133, ME3000-ME3999 and MO3000-MO3999 (assuming that the student has not taken more than 30 credits from these modules in Third Year).
c) Substitute 30 credits in Third or Fourth Year for 3000-level or 4000-level credits in another school.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).