Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 48
HUMANITIES
History
Overview
Our MA explores the attempts of
human beings in past societies,
from the Middle Ages to the
very recent past, to organise
life materially and conceptually,
individually and collectively. It will
enable you to engage critically
with the contested nature of the
past and the role of the discipline
as a mediator for understanding
both the past and the present.
Additional information
The master’s programme aims to
enable you to:
• Understand historical change
over time and the nature of
human societies in the past
• Develop the ability to
construct an historical
argument, present this
coherently, economically and
elegantly with the appropriate
supporting evidence
• Deepen your historical
knowledge of a variety
of periods, places, topics
and themes
• Evaluate and criticall y assess
a range of different kinds
of primary sources and to
use them appropriately
in the development of
historical analysis relevant
at master’s level
Key Information
• Evaluate and critically assess
secondary sources and
historiographical debates,
and to use them appropriately
in the development of
historical analysis
• Develop the ability to research,
plan and write a substantial
independent project
• Work both constructively
and critically, by yourself
and as part of a team,
to deliver specific projects
• Develop research skills
commensurate with
postgraduate study in
the field of history
Module titles
You will take four core modules:
• Approaches to Historical
Research
Course type
MA
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
Applicants should
normally have a good
honours degree (2.1
or above) in History
or other relevant
humanities subject.
Applicants with
other qualifications
and experience are
considered on a case
by case basis.
Contact email
postgraduate.
[email protected]
• Research Skills for Historians
• Directed Reading in History
• Dissertation
In addition, you will take two
further 30 credit elective modules
from a range of enhanced level
three modules.
Good to know
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/history
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Your own
independent
research project,
supported by
taught modules,
is at the heart of
an MA in History.