MSc Intellectual History

Comments about MSc Intellectual History - At the institution - Edinburgh - Scotland

• Objectives
  The programme aims to introduce students both to the principal methodologies of intellectual history and to some key instances of this burgeoning discipline. It will, for example, familiarise students with Begriffsgeschichte and the 'Cambridge School', as well as enabling them to explore significant episodes in intellectual history, such as Epicureanism, Mind–Body Dualism, the Scottish Enlightenment and Tocqueville's America.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements A very good first degree - at least 2:1 honours level, GPA 3.4 or equivalent - in a relevant discipline is normally required.
• Academic title
  MSc Intellectual History
• Course description
  Learning Outcomes
  
  Students are expected to achieve several aims, which will be assessed primarily by essays and a dissertation, such as:
  
      * a knowledge of the chief methods of practising intellectual history;
      * a detailed understanding of certain major episodes in intellectual history;
      * an appreciation of the interdependence of text and context, and of the importance of ideas in past and present.
  
  A wide variety of intellectual skills are promoted through seminars, discussions and advanced study, encouraging the development of the:
  
      * ability to develop tight and coherent arguments both orally and on the page;
      * capacity to read texts critically and sensitively, evaluating their arguments as well as situating them in their practical and intellectual contexts;
      * appreciation of a variety of approaches to intellectual history;
      * ability to cross disciplinary boundaries, for example, between philosophy, science and history.
  
  How You Will Be Taught
  
  You will be assessed by means of five assignments of 3,000 words each and a dissertation of 15,000 words.