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MO3162   Early Modern Scotland in the age of British Unions (1603-1707)

Academic year(s): 2023-2024

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: To be confirmed

This module explores the issues raised by the unification of Scotland, England, and Ireland under one monarch in 1603. Following a review of sixteenth-century concepts of ‘Britain,’ the course investigates the implications of the Union of the Crowns throughout the seventeenth century. It examines the development of proto-British institutions in the Jacobean age and their decline in the Carolinian era. It also assesses the implications of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the Cromwellian conquest of Scotland, and the Restoration regime on Scottish society. Through an examination of these conflicts, this module asks students to engage critically with the various religious, political, and ideological struggles that culminated in the Treaty of Union of 1707.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass at least 60 credits from {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour weekly seminar (X11 weeks), weekly office hour (X11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 22

Guided independent study hours: 278

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Written Examination = 40%, Coursework = 60%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 40%

Re-assessment: 100% Coursework

Personnel

Module teaching staff: TBC

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of this module students will be able to demonstrate a developed and critical understanding of Scotland and her place in British historiography
  • By the end of this module students will be able to demonstrate enhanced skills in source interrogation, both primary and secondary
  • By the end of this module students will be able to apply historical learning to the world beyond academia
  • By the end of this module students will be able to evaluate critically the modern scholarship on the subject area and how it has developed