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MA - Master of Arts
University of Bristol
Full Time
16-SEP-24
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Bristol
Full time
16-SEP-24
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Bristol
Part time
16-SEP-24
2 years
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Programme overview
The MA in History offers you the opportunity to explore a variety of approaches – intellectual, political, cultural, social and economic – across a broad chronological and geographical range. The programme provides a high degree of choice across the department's major areas of expertise, with particular strengths in:
Given the wide range of research and teaching in the department, we are confident you will find units that reflect your own interests. Alternatively, you may prefer not to specialise, and instead obtain a broad sense of historical subjects, themes, debates and methodologies.
You will be immersed in a vibrant postgraduate community at Bristol, connecting you to a number of prestigious research groups in the faculty in which the history department plays a prominent part, such as Medical Humanities, Black Humanities, Material Texts, Environmental Humanities and Medieval Studies.
Careers
Students who completed the MA programme in History have taken up careers as history teachers, researchers in a number of different fields and image and data capture assistants. A number of MA graduates have gone on to take an MLitt/PhD in History and develop careers as research academics.
Students need to hold an upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social sciences discipline. Applicants must achieve a minimum of 60 per cent in the dissertation or extended essay element of their degree. Non-traditional qualifications/routes may also be considered.
Students living in
Domestic
£14,100 per year
Students from Domestic
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to a 8% increase in fees each year.
£28,200 per year
Students from EU
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to a 8% increase in fees each year.
£28,200 per year
Students from International
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to a 8% increase in fees each year.
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