MA History

at Anglia Ruskin University - Cambridge

TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

1 year full-time (September start)
Year 1

Central to this MA History will be your exploration of the practical and theoretical issues involved in presenting history to a wide public.
You’ll cover the development of museums in their historical and social context and consider the tensions inherent in how history is presented on radio and television.

Taught sessions will be delivered by ARU experts, outside speakers and specialist practitioners. You’ll be encouraged to carry out your own analysis of current museum displays and broadcasts and research and plan a museum exhibition or draft your own script for broadcast.

Alongside your major research project, you will undertake four exciting modules: Consumption and the World of Goods c1600-1830, Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern Britain, which address these issues from the eighteenth century to the present, Going Global: Making of the Modern World, which covers the last two decades of the twentieth century, and Public History.

Modules are subject to change and availability.

Assessment

We use a range of assessment methods, including essays, reports, source analysis and assessed presentations. These will allow you to engage with the ideas and knowledge taught on each module and to undertake original research, while thinking about how history is changing.

Some modules include innovative assessment methods. On Public History, you can research and write your own television or radio history programme, or plan a museum exhibition. On A History of Race, you will visit galleries and museums to analyse and decode images of race. These different assessment methods will help prepare you for working in media, journalism, museums and the heritage industry.

Core modules

Major Project
Public History
Consumption and the World of Goods, 1550-1780
A History of Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern Britain
Making the Modern World, 1979-1999

Main

A good honours degree (or equivalent), normally in a related subject. Applicants with professional experience are also encouraged to apply.

If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 with no element lower than 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

Tuition fees for international students (2022/23)
£15,000

International students starting 2022/23 (full-time, per year)
You can pay your tuition fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will also ask you for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter. Details will be in your offer letter.

Careers

The skills you develop in our MA History will transfer across a range of careers, as well as provide a gateway to PhD research.
By exploring how to make the past available to a wider public, you will open up careers in the heritage industry, archives and museums.
You will also become an independent learner, able to manage your own projects and research in a confident and flexible manner, devise and sustain arguments and solve problems successfully.

Such skills are transferable to careers in teaching, business, the media, arts administration, fundraising, librarianship, marketing, IT-related industries and many others.

Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You could choose to continue your academic career with a research programme at ARU, such as our PhD in History or PhD in Sociology. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and save £400 on your fees.