The MSc in History is a taught postgraduate Masters degree designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to progress in a range of careers and professions. It provides training in advanced research and communication skills while enabling you to develop your expertise in the key historical events, processes and issues about which you want to know more.
Why study with us?
Small class sizes are intended to provide experiences tailored to your interests and ambitions which ensure plenty of time working with the experts.
The balance between training and historical study means you engage in upskilling for your future together with discovering more about the past.
A History Masters prepares you for careers in business, government, the creative industries, education, finance, and the STEM sectors.
First-class or Second-class Honours degree, or international equivalent, in social science.
Core modules:
Research skills, sources and methods for Historians
Optional modules:
Britain, France and the United States, 1945-1958: Diplomacy, Strategy and Alliance
Nationalism and Nation-states in the Arab Middle East, 1900-1945
Advanced Oral History
Palaeography, c1500-c1800
War, Sacrifice and the Nation in Europe, 1789-1918
Work Placement in History
Plantations by Land and Sea: British imperial projects in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, 1590-1720
Scotland and Ulster in the early Modern North Atlantic World
Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution in the Arab-Israeli Dispute
Ireland, Colonialism, and Anti-colonialism
Organic Machines, Engineered Environments and Hybrid Natures
Red Continent: Africa and the Global Cold War
Setting Europe Ablaze: Resistance Movements in the Second World War
Advanced Topics in Historical Studies
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