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

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr J G Purdy

Dr J G Purdy
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Module Staff

TBC

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Module description

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 鈥楤ritain,鈥� 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-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}

Assessment pattern

Written Examination = 40%, Coursework = 60%

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour weekly seminar (X11 weeks), weekly office hour (X11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

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 demonstrate the acquisition of certain transferable skills (oral, organisational and interpersonal) through participating in discussions and delivering oral presentations to the group
  • 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