Certificate of Higher Education in Creative & Cultural Studies

The aim of this certificate is to introduce students to university-level study of creative and cultural
subjects in art, music and literature.

All Certificates of Higher Education are made up of 120 CertHE credits. For this certificate at least 60
of these credits must come from the courses listed below. The remaining credits you need to reach
120 credits may come from any other CertHE course in any subject.

The 2014-15 courses that provide credits towards this Certificate are listed below. Any courses in
grey count towards this certificate but will not be available this year. Click on the course titles below
for detailed course information including course aims, requirements and assessment details.

Archaeology
Code Course title Credits
16343 Understanding archaeology ADED 1616E 10 credits at level 1

Art psychotherapy
Code Course title Credits
16709 Introduction to art psychotherapy (Mondays) 40 credits at level 1
16710 Introduction to art psychotherapy (Thursdays)

Classical and Later Antiquity
Code Course title Credits
17587 Taking the cross - the Crusades 1095-1254 20 credits at level 1
16377 Introduction to Latin 20 credits at level 1
17597 Thinking Roman 20 credits at level 1
Emergence of the West c.300-c.700 20 credits at level 1
Classical Greek civilisation 1A 20 credits at level 1
Classical Greek civilisation 1B 20 credits at level 1

History
Code Course title Credits
16899 The American Civil War in Context, 1845-1877 20 credits at level 1
17112 War, Reformation and Union - Scotland 1500-1715 20 credits at level 1
Nationalism and Unionism - Irish history 1845-1998 20 Credits at level 1
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors Scottish Society and 20 Credits at level 1
Economy in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Scottish Society and Economy in the 20th Century 20 Credits at level 1
Scotland and America: Links and Influences, 1790-1990 20 Credits at level 1

History of Art
Code Course title Credits
16340 The art of the 20th century 20 credits at level 1
17543 Art of the Italian Renaissance 20 credits at level 1
17652 19th Century painting 20 credits at level 1
17606 Dutch 17th century painting 10 credits at level 1
From Giotto to Gauguin 20 credits at level 1
Literature
Code Course title Credits
16584 The Later Modern Novel 20 credits at level 1
Literature in Scotland in late 20th century 20 credits at level 1
Modern drama 40 credits at level 1
Shakespeares drama 40 credits at level 2
Modern poetry 40 credits at level 1
The rise of the novel 40 credits at level 2
The early modern novel 20 credits at level 1
The modern novel 40 credits at level 1

Modern Languages
All European Languages courses are eligible. Please refer to the Language section in the
online brochure for more details.

Philosophy
Code Course title Credits
16418 Introduction to philosophy of mind 20 credits at level 1
16609 Introduction to philosophy: reason & argument 20 credits at level 1
16352 Philosophy and emotion 20 credits at level 1
16428 Philosophical ethics of Socrates, Plato &Aristotle 20 credits at level 1
Socrates as dissident 10 credits at level 1
Philosophies of the Ideal State 20 credits at level 1
Mind and World 20 credits at level 1

Practical Art
Code Course title Credits
17051 Drawing and painting: Advanced composition 40 credits at level 2
Drawing and painting: Composition 40 credits at level 2


To gain the Certificate in Creative & Cultural Studies, you must take at least 60 credits from the
courses named above; the remaining credits you need to reach 120 credits may come from any
other CertHE course in any subject.

To view all of the other Certificate of Higher Education courses available in 2014-15, please see the
CertHE course brochure.

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