Historical Research MA

Master

In Sheffield

£ 7,000 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Sheffield

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course is excellent preparation for a PhD degree in history. You can further your interests, broaden your knowledge and at the same time hone your research skills. As well as specific research training in history, you’ll also gain a broad range of transferable skills that will be of value to employers outside academia.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
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Western Bank, S10 2TN

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

A first-class BA honours degree or equivalent in history or other humanities or social science discipline.
You may be asked to supply examples of previous written work.

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Subjects

  • PhD degree in history
  • History
  • History and Identity
  • Palaeography
  • Directed Reading
  • Modern Languages
  • Digital Age
  • Language
  • Human Rights
  • Language and Society

Course programme

Modules

Core modules
  • Dissertation
  • Research Presentation

A choice of research skills modules including:

  • Research Skills for Historians
  • Directed Reading
  • Palaeography
  • Latin and modern languages
Optional modules
  • Early Medieval Clerical Exemption in a Digital Age
  • Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses
  • Language and Society in Early Modern England
  • Prisoners of War in the Twentieth Century
  • Stories of Activism, 1960 to the present
  • The Japanese Empire in East Asia, 1895–1945
  • Human Rights in History
  • The United States and the Global 1970s
Teaching

You’ll be taught through seminars and individual tutorials.

Assessment

Assessment is by bibliographical and source-based exercises, written papers, oral presentation, and a 15,000-word dissertation.

Additional information

Overseas Fee (2018 annual fee) : £16,800

Historical Research MA

£ 7,000 VAT inc.