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Study Details: 1 year full time, 2 years part time
This programme will give you a comprehensive understanding of the increasingly global experience of humankind in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, a minimum US 3.25 GPA or international equivalent in a subject related to this programme.
Relevant experience, or professional or other qualifications will also be considered.
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The compulsory courses are:
Historical Methodology
Developing Historical Research
Option courses
Option courses previously offered include those listed below:
A Modern History of Demographic Angst and Population Control
An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s
Cinema and Society in England and Scotland
Ethnographies of the United States
Genocide in Contemporary History
Islamic Africa
Modern and Contemporary Art of the Black Atlantic
Muslims in Europe
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision
The Civil Rights Movement
The Cold War in Latin America
The 'Dark Side': Dark Tourism and Difficult Heritages
The Holocaust in History and Culture
The Politics of History in the Arabic-Speaking World (c.1750-Present)
War and Identities in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland
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