12 monthsProgramme duration
36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jul, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
The Early Modern Studies MA will teach you critical reading skills, the ability to assess and weigh evidence, and construct persuasive arguments. It combines training in book history, bibliography, and palaeography with a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the early modern period (c. 1450 – c. 1750).
The course comprises a dissertation and three compulsory modules: Reframing the Renaissance; Forging the Early Modern; and Unstitching the Early Modern: Archival and Book skills. These core modules are designed to work as a graduate-level foundation and provide you with the specific skills to research and write academic essays and the dissertation. Compulsory modules cover a range of disciplines, helping you identify areas of interest for further study and gain the skills required for archival research.
You will also take 45 credits of optional modules and be exposed to concepts of research design and research methods, thus gaining the necessary knowledge to develop your research proposal and give you a broad understanding of the early modern period.
Subject to availability, optional modules are available across many different disciplines and departments at UCL, such as history, science and technology, information studies, education and classics. Further details on relevant Early Modern Studies MA modules from other UCL departments and University of London colleges are on our graduate Modules page.
The multidisciplinary research culture at UCL ensures there is a wide range of seminars, lecture series and opportunities to exchange ideas. The Centre for Early Modern Exchanges, draws together world-renowned researchers and is dedicated to the study of diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges. The Centre offers a vibrant and stimulating research environment, facilitating seminars, performances and other events.
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
The Early Modern Studies MA will teach you critical reading skills, the ability to assess and weigh evidence, and construct persuasive arguments. It combines training in book history, bibliography, and palaeography with a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the early modern period (c. 1450 – c. 1750).
The course comprises a dissertation and three compulsory modules: Reframing the Renaissance; Forging the Early Modern; and Unstitching the Early Modern: Archival and Book skills. These core modules are designed to work as a graduate-level foundation and provide you with the specific skills to research and write academic essays and the dissertation. Compulsory modules cover a range of disciplines, helping you identify areas of interest for further study and gain the skills required for archival research.
You will also take 45 credits of optional modules and be exposed to concepts of research design and research methods, thus gaining the necessary knowledge to develop your research proposal and give you a broad understanding of the early modern period.
Subject to availability, optional modules are available across many different disciplines and departments at UCL, such as history, science and technology, information studies, education and classics. Further details on relevant Early Modern Studies MA modules from other UCL departments and University of London colleges are on our graduate Modules page.
The multidisciplinary research culture at UCL ensures there is a wide range of seminars, lecture series and opportunities to exchange ideas. The Centre for Early Modern Exchanges, draws together world-renowned researchers and is dedicated to the study of diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges. The Centre offers a vibrant and stimulating research environment, facilitating seminars, performances and other events.
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