MA History and Politics
About this course
MA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and History. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Historical Research. Modules cover early modern to contemporary history across the British Isles, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and India. At Levels 3 and 4, students can specialise from optional modules on Russian, Irish, and Middle Eastern politics, nations and nationalism, and human rights.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level 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 84%: 80 offers from 95 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 90%
- Assessment and feedback: 94%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 80%
- Learning resources: 75%
- Student voice: 63%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 90%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 85%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 3%
- South East: 3%
- Scotland: 80%
- Northern Ireland: 9%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 70%
- Other HE qualification: 30%
Modules
- Humanities in Practice
- Politics and Public Policy
- Global Challenges
- Introduction to Literary Study
- Reading the Screen: An Introduction to Film Studies
- Approaches to Reading
- Europe and the World, 1450-1800
- Empires, Nations, and Revolutions, 1800-2000
- Applied French 1A (Beginner)
- Applied French 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 1B (Beginner)
- Applied French 1B (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (Beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1B (non-beginner)
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- 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
- Research Methods in Human Geography and Politics
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict
- 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
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- The Politics of the United Nations
- Nations and Nationalism
- British Politics
- Russian Politics
- Directed Reading on Research Design
- European Union Politics
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict (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
- Film and History
- Settling the Trans-Appalachian West, ca. 1774-1830
- Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Britain
- Everyday Life in Early Modern Scotland
- Comparative Constitutional Law (Advanced)
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
- Politics of the Middle East
- Scottish Politics and Policy
- European Union Politics (Advanced)
- Greening Politics
- British Politics (Advanced)
- Human Rights Advocacy Internship
- Nations and Nationalism (advanced)
- The Politics of the United Nations (Advanced)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA History and Politics at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £36,500. The £30,500 median after five years is £3,500 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of MA History and Politics at University of Dundee do next?
100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on MA History and Politics at University of Dundee?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MA History and Politics at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 170 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA History and Politics at University of Dundee?
84% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 80 offers from 95 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does MA History and Politics at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on MA History and Politics at University of Dundee?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.