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MA - Master of Arts
University of Birmingham
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
Course overview Take your love of history and uncovering the past to the next level with our History MA. Enhance your knowledge of the areas that you find most fascinating while learning from our leading academic experts. Course highlights Learn from our wide range of experts, covering diverse research methods, periods and places. You’ll explore history from lots of viewpoints and disciplines, developing your own perspectives on the past. Join one of the largest History departments in the UK and tailor your degree to your historical interest. Choose to study a curated pathway, explore multiple historical periods or take modules from other subject areas to enrich your understanding of history. Make the most of our outstanding international reputation for research by engaging with events and research seminars. Study in a department ranked eighth in the country in the Research Excellence Framework exercise 2021, according to Times Higher Education.
You will need an Honours degree, normally in any humanities or social science discipline such as History, Politics, Cultural Studies, or Literature, and normally of an upper second-class standard. Relevant equivalent study or professional experience can also be considered for entry, for the MA, PGDip, and PGCert.
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