History
Postgraduate
In Keele
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Postgraduate
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Keele
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Different dates available
The MA in History provides distinctive opportunities for postgraduate study in History at Keele. It provides coverage of the attempts of human beings in past societies, from the Middle Ages to the very recent past, to organise life materially and conceptually, individually and collectively. It enables students to engage critically with the contested nature of the past and the role of the discipline as a mediator for understanding both the past and the present.
MA History Handbook 2016/17
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Applicants should normally have a good honours degree (2.1 or above) in History or other relevant humanities subject. Applicants with other qualifications and other experience are considered on a case by case basis.
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- Humanities
Course programme
HIS-40002 Approaches to Historical Research (30 Credits), Semester 1
This module introduces different approaches to the research and writing of history, engages with debates on the status of historical knowledge, and examines the sources and resources available. The seminars are led by specialists within History and are open to all postgraduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Assessment: Essay (4000-5000 words) 100%
HIS-40017 Research Skills in the Humanities, Semester1 (15 credits)
This is a practical guide to conducting research in the Humanities, largely in preparation for your dissertation.
Assessment: dissertation outline (c.1000 words) 50%; Annotated bibliography (c.2000 words; only the annotations count) 50%
HIS-40016, Reflective Practice in the Humanities (15 credits), Semester 2
You will be introduced to a variety of key theoretical and methodological texts and encouraged to engage in interdisciplinary discussion. You will also be asked to reflect on the place of your own work within your discipline and the Humanities more broadly. Keele is proud of its reputation as an inter-disciplinary university, and this course seeks to explore the value of such approaches as we discuss what methods and assumptions our various disciplines share, and how they differ.
Assessment: Reflective Diary (100%)
HIS-40028 Dissertation (60 credits), Semester 3
The dissertation module allows students to produce their own piece of independent historical research, guided by a supervisor who will be a world-leading expert in the field.
Assessment: Dissertation (c.15,000 words) 100%
In addition, students take two further 30-credit options from a range of modules.
Assessment: Reflective Diary (c.1500 words) weighted 20%; 4000-5000 word Essay weighted 80% on a topic agreed with the tutor.
2016/17 Optional Modules:
Semester 1
Religion, Rebellion and the Raj
Edward II, part I
The English Civil War, c.1640-46
Sickness & Suffering
The Art of Dying: Death and society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1890-1914, I
Gender and Sexuality in Georgian Britain
German Modernity 1
Semester 2
The World Turned upside Down: the English Revolution, c 1646-53
Negotiating Nationalisms
From Sawbones to Social Hero? Doctors and Medicine 1808-1886
Edward II part II
Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1890-1914 II
Constructing Nations
Crisis, Conflict and Commerce: from Westphalia to Paris
Gender and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
German Modernity 2
History