MA Geography and History
About this course
MA (Hons) in History and Geography. Core topics include Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Historical Research. Students can specialise in human geography, physical geography, or combine elements of both. The programme includes field trips and opportunities to work with partner organisations.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry).
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 71%: 12 offers from 17 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 30 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 82%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 12 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Skilled trades occupations: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 50%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 90 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 8%
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 1%
- South East: 1%
- Scotland: 77%
- Northern Ireland: 4%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- Environment, City and Society
- Social and Environmental Challenges in an Unequal World
- Humanities in Practice
- Europe and the World, 1450-1800
- Empires, Nations, and Revolutions, 1800-2000
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Documenting Dissent: Power, Protest, and Social Justice in the Twentieth Century
- Scotland and the Wider World
- American Culture and Society in Context
- Geographies of Health and Disability
- Geohazards
- Research Methods in Human Geography and Politics
- Field and Laboratory Skills in Physical Geography
- Advanced Field Research (Human Geography)
- Environmental Criminology
- Geographies of Power
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict
- Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility
- Applying Theory to Research and Practice
- Data-driven Geography: Statistics in R
- Advanced Field Research (Physical Environments)
- Polar Environments
- The Scottish Diaspora, c.1700-1945
- Reading Seventeenth Century Scotland
- Making History Today: The Past in the Present
- The Invasion of America: The Native American Response to the European Colonisation of North America, 1492-1763
- Under Nazi Occupation: resistance and collaboration in Western Europe
- Slavery: History, Memory, Legacy
- Questions of Ulster, 1885 to the present
- America in the Sixties
- The Cold War and Africa
- Sustainable Water Resources Management
- Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing
- Biogeography (Advanced)
- Geography Dissertation
- Advanced Environmental Criminology
- Advanced Geographies of Health and Disability
- Advanced Geohazards
- Geographical Information Systems (Advanced)
- Geographies of Power (Advanced)
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict (Advanced)
- Advanced Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility
- Polar Environments - Advanced
- History Dissertation
- Revolution in Ireland 1912-23
- Modern South Africa: Apartheid, African liberation and democracy
- The Russian Revolution
- Scotland: Restoration, Revolution and Union, 1660-1707
- The African American Freedom Struggle, 1890-1974
- Settling the Trans-Appalachian West, ca. 1774-1830
- Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Britain
- Everyday Life in Early Modern Scotland
- Advanced Environmental Assessments
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA Geography and History at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £35,000. The £29,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of MA Geography and History at University of Dundee do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on MA Geography and History at University of Dundee?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MA Geography and History at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 173 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA Geography and History at University of Dundee?
71% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 12 offers from 17 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does MA Geography and History at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on MA Geography and History at University of Dundee?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.