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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 2 Year Full Time

Masters Degree Description

The Extended MA in Public History and Heritage is a flexible 2-year programme designed to offer academic training, for those interested in research careers, and the relevant employability skills needed for a range of careers in the heritage sector.

A range of stimulating modules cover topics such as museum studies, conflict heritage, Egyptology, ancient civilisations, medieval studies, and contemporary history.

Throughout your studies, you are encouraged to build your analytical and methodological awareness of key concepts, and approaches to communicating the past to different public audiences. You will also learn more about the history of heritage, and the lively role of public history and heritage within global debates.

Entry Requirements

Typical Offer
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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries for both taught and research courses to help you fund your study.

Student Destinations

This programme is designed to offer flexibility for you to select modules around your interests and future goals.

A key aspect of the programme is the opportunity for you to engage with external heritage organisations and staff projects in heritage and public history.

If you have heritage and material culture interests, you can undertake modules such as ‘Understanding GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums’ and ‘Debates and Approaches in Public History and Heritage’. If you have historical interests, you can undertake modules such as ‘Heritage and Conflict’, ‘Radical Histories’ and ‘Transformations in 20th C Wales.’ You will also be able to pursue the study of medieval manuscripts and ancient landscapes as part of the programme.

Module Details

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