Scottish Ethnology and English Literature, MA (Hons)

This innovative joint honours programme combines two related yet distinct approaches to the study of human cultural expression, past and present. Based in the first UNESCO World City of Literature, and drawing on world-leading resources such as the School of Scottish Studies Archives, it is the only full undergraduate programme of its kind in the UK. Scottish Ethnology Ethnology is the discipline which studies the culture and traditions of developed societies. It is sometimes described as being at the intersection where history and anthropology meet. Focusing on Scotland, but also looking at comparative material from elsewhere, you will study the varying ways in which a modern European nation expresses itself culturally.The programme explores questions like: