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Hear from Dr Stephen Kelly, MA History Director and a student about studying MA History at Liverpool Hope.
This MA in History will be of interest to both recent graduates and those wishing to return to study in higher education.
The MA in History offers postgraduates the opportunity to engage with various periods of early modern and modern history. Working alongside leading academics students are encouraged to engage with subject areas of their choice.
The programme is delivered through a series of modules, including:
A nation of pirates: English piracy and privateering, 1570-1620
The Court of Charles I
Political cartooning and radical protest, c. 1830-1930
‘Great Hatred, Little Room’: Ireland 1789-2009
A study of varieties of nationalism in modern Europe, 1789-1945
Stalin's Great Terror: current debates
Victorian crime: fact and fiction
The literature of the First World War: gender, class and conflict
Public engagement - Inclusion, education and campaigns for social change
American Foreign Relations - Module information
Britain in Global Politics
Apart from the taught dimensions of the programme students will also write an MA dissertation on an area of their choice.
Why do a MA in History? The History MA builds on the skills of thinking, evaluation and writing that we stress at undergraduate level. Additionally, it will deepen the skills needed to analyse data and documentation and develop individual skills of writing, oral participation and presentation. Each graduate is monitored by a supervisor who offers professional advice and guidance.
This programme seeks to explore these issues by focusing on selected themes spanning the early modern period through to the late twentieth century, while providing you with an opportunity to study and reflect on related themes concerning globalization and politics.
Due to the various branches of expertise held among our academic...
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Hope Park, L16 9JD
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Entry Requirements
Normally a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in a relevant discipline.
Applications from students who do not hold a 1st or 2:1 Honours Degree (or equivalent) will be asked to demonstrate potential to achieve a Masters award via a sample of academic writing and interview before an offer is made.
In addition, overseas students will normally be required to have an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent qualification that meets the UK Border Agency requirements.
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<h2>Curriculum</h2>
<p>Postgraduate students will study a core ‘Engaging with History’ module (15 credits), an ‘MA History Seminar’ module (15 credits), an ‘MA History Dissertation preparation’ module (15 credits) and additional modules of 75 credits, of 15 credits each. On successful completion they will progress to the MA dissertation on an area of the students’ choice (60 credits). Total credits 180.</p>
<p>Please note that the MA History programme is generally run on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4pm and 7pm at Hope Park.</p>
<h3>Electives Modules (selective)</h3>
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<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,19456,en.doc">A nation of pirates: English piracy and privateering, 1570-1620</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/applebj.html">Dr J. Appleby</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/postgraduateresearch/media,27818,en.doc">The Court of Charles I</a> (<a href="https://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/pogsonf.html">Dr F. Pogson</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,19457,en.docx">The literature of the First World War: gender, class and conflict</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/tiernas.html">Dr S. Tiernan</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,19458,en.pdf">Great hatred, little room - Modern Ireland, 1789-2009 </a>(<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/evansb1.html">Dr B. Evans</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/postgraduateresearch/media,61001,en.docx">A study of varieties of nationalism in modern Europe, 1789-1945</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/kellys.html">Dr S. Kelly</a>) </li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/postgraduateresearch/media,27644,en.pdf">Stalin's Great Terror: current debates</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/williac3.html">Prof. C. Williams</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,58465,en.docx">Victorian crime: fact and fiction</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/tiernas.html">Dr. S. Tiernan</a> and <a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/fergust.html">Dr T. Ferguson</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,19457,en.docx">The literature of the First World War: gender, class and conflict</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/cuthbeg.html">Dr. G. Cuthbertson</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,58466,en.docx">Public engagement - Inclusion, education and campaigns for social change</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/mckanea.html">Dr. A. McKane</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/artsandhumanities/mahistory/media,61073,en.doc">American Foreign Relations - Module information </a>(<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/busbyr.html">Dr R. Busby</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/postgraduateresearch/media,27643,en.pdf">Britain and the world: a historical and contemporary analysis</a> (<a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff/jonesb.html">Prof. Bill Jones</a>)</li>
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