Online short courses in History
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Explore History flexibly with our online history courses.
Develop your skills, knowledge, and qualifications in history with our flexible online history courses:
- Earn credits towards postgraduate qualifications, including Masters degrees.
- Study anywhere in the world, with expert academics and researchers.
- Learn flexibly, with study hours to suit you.
As an online student you’ll have online access to our outstanding University Collections, and the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Here you can explore ancient Scottish records, manuscripts, prints, photographs and literary collections of leading Scottish writers and poets. Our treasures include a large Jacobite collection, works of the Scottish Enlightenment, and one of the best collections of Sir Walter Scott’s work.
Towards a Masters degree
You can use some of these short courses to each credits towards our:
Masters in Scottish Heritage
Explore the rich history, art and philosophy of Scotland and its people. Access rare archive treasures and award-winning online teaching, with this flexible online Masters.
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The History Department at University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen History Department was established in 1898, building on a rich legacy that began with the University’s first Historian was also its first Principal of King’s College, Hector Boece of King’s College (d.1536).
The people who teach our short courses in History
Get an insight into some of the experts who teach our online history short courses.
Professor Marjory Harper
Marjory is a Professor of History. She’s travelled the world researching Scottish emigration. Her extraordinary work in this field has led to appearances on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland and a Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year award. Marjory also holds an Excellence in Teaching award for her inspirational and supportive online teaching.
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Professor Thomas Weber
Thomas is Chair in History and International Affairs, as well as the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance, at the University of Aberdeen.
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Professor William G. Naphy
William is Emeritus Professor in History at the University of Aberdeen and is your course coordinator.
He has made frequent appearances in the media (BBC Radio 4, BBC Scotland, Channel 4, Grampian TV) as a specialist on the history of plague, witchcraft, and sexuality.
William is a leading authority on the history of crime and punishment in the early modern period, as well as Calvin’s Geneva during the sixteenth century.
His works on pandemics, witchcraft, crime, and sexuality have been translated into numerous languages. William is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Sixteenth Century Studies Society.
History courses in the news
Tom Weber leads a group of alumni students on a trip across Europe.
One of our lecturers recently took a group of alumni across Europe on the History trip of a lifetime.