About this course
- Entry year: 2012/13
- Course code: V10A12
- Applications: University
- Level: Postgraduate
- Department: Arts
- Campus: St Matthias
- Duration: Full-time: two teaching blocks of 12 weeks, commencing in September each year. The MA concludes in September the following year.
Part-time: four teaching blocks over two years, commencing in September each year and concluding in January following the end of your second year. You are expected to attend all relevant lectures and seminars.
- Delivery: Part-time, Full-time
- Study Abroad: No
- Programme leader: Dr Peter Wardley
- Key fact: As part of the continual development of the University, from September 2012 UWE currently plans to move courses delivered at the St Matthias Campus to the Frenchay Campus. Please visit Relocation Project for more details.
Introduction
Postgraduate studies in History at UWE have an established pedigree. Whether for personal development or professional advancement, students from a variety of backgrounds have found studying for a postgraduate qualification in History challenging, but at the same time, extremely rewarding.
The History course seeks to extend and deepen your knowledge of the discipline of History including an explicit understanding as to how and why historians have sought to interpret human experience in the past in a particular way. By focusing on particular special subjects and emphasising the problems and potential of primary source material including methodology, and by encouraging you to be critically reflective, the course also endeavours to provide a bridge between the relatively structured forms of study at undergraduate level and independent research and scholarship.
The programme includes Late Mediaeval, Early Modern and Modern history, covering Britain, Europe, USA and the world, and encompassing social, intellectual, political and economic history.
Structure
Content
Core modules:
- Research Techniques in History
- Approaches to History
Optional modules
Autumn Term
- Anglo-American Relations during the Period of the High Cold War (30 credits) (Effie Pedaliu)
Or
- Family and Community Histories in Southwest England (30 credits) (Kath Holden)
Spring Term
- Origins and Consequences of the South African War (30 credits) (Kent Fedorowich)
Or
- Society in Time and Space: Locating Regional History (30 credits) (Peter Wardley)
For further details of modules view module descriptions
Teaching and learning
MA classes run between 18:30 and 21:30 on Monday - Thursday evenings in both semesters.
Assessment
Assessment takes a variety of forms, which may include projects, primary source exercises, document analyses, book reviews, assessed seminar assignments and essays. An MA with distinction shall be awarded to students of exceptional merit.
Entry
Entry requirements
Applicants normally have a first or upper second class honours degree which includes History as a major component (including joint honours) or is in a relevant alternative field of study (such as Social Science). If you have a qualification other than these (e.g. a good lower second) you are welcome to apply but you should consult the Programme Leader before making a formal application.
If you are considered for a place you may be required to attend an interview.
Fees
Full details of fees for this course can be found on our postgraduate fees pages.
For funding options, please see our funding and scholarship information.
For further information
Page last updated 14 December 2011