Historical Research (MA) 24 months Postgraduate Programme By Birkbeck, University of London |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

15,720 GBPTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

Jan-2000Starting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

This Master’s degree in history will provide you with the advanced conceptual, theoretical and practical skills necessary for undertaking historical research, whether at PhD level, professionally or independently. It will give you the intellectual foundations, practical techniques and confidence to pursue your own research in the historical subject or period that most interests you. We will critically examine problems of historical theory and practice, with an emphasis on debates around key topics such as historical narrative, objectivity and relativism, causation, the relationship of history to other disciplines, the rise and impact of social and cultural histories, and new directions in historical research and writing. We will consider some of the key methodological and theoretical approaches to history of the past 100 years, including the Annales School, Marxist historiography and postmodernism. As well as being able to choose option modules from the extensive range offered by the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, you will also be able to undertake option modules offered by other departments. The culmination of the programme is the writing of an independently researched dissertation under the guidance and supervision of one of our research-active academics. 

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

This Master’s degree in history will provide you with the advanced conceptual, theoretical and practical skills necessary for undertaking historical research, whether at PhD level, professionally or independently. It will give you the intellectual foundations, practical techniques and confidence to pursue your own research in the historical subject or period that most interests you. We will critically examine problems of historical theory and practice, with an emphasis on debates around key topics such as historical narrative, objectivity and relativism, causation, the relationship of history to other disciplines, the rise and impact of social and cultural histories, and new directions in historical research and writing. We will consider some of the key methodological and theoretical approaches to history of the past 100 years, including the Annales School, Marxist historiography and postmodernism. As well as being able to choose option modules from the extensive range offered by the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, you will also be able to undertake option modules offered by other departments. The culmination of the programme is the writing of an independently researched dissertation under the guidance and supervision of one of our research-active academics. 

Admission Requirements

7+
2.7+

2 Years
Jan-2000

Tuition fees

Domestic
8,640 GBP
International
15,720 GBP

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