MA in Military History

at Brunel University London

Brunel’s Military History MA will give you a deeper knowledge into national and international military action throughout our history. Choose optional modules to gain insight into specialist topics, alongside compulsory modules which will boost your learning in this subject.
This course can be studied 1 year full-time or 2 or 2.5 years part-time, starting in September.
Year 1
Compulsory

• PX5500 - Dissertation
• The dissertation is the element of assessment that demonstrates Masters level academic competence and professional potential. Following completion of the taught modules, it is the basis on which the MA degree is awarded. It requires the student to apply knowledge and analytical skills developed in the course as a whole to a specific research area/problem of personal and subject interest.
• PP5572 - War in History, 1789 to present
• This module will allow students to consider how war has affected the modern world and how warfare has been affected by broader societal, political and economic changes in the period from the eighteenth century to the present. It also aims to introduce students to key aspects of warfare, placing them in the broader context of the history of this period.
• PX5601 - The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century
• The aim of this module is to equip students with comprehensive knowledge of the main historiographic strands currently shaping both historical and popular understanding of modern British naval history. It will also introduce and embed the key archival sources for analysing modern British naval history.
• PX5602 - European Warfare in the Age of Muscle
• This module will introduce students to the study of European warfare from the Classical era to the age of gunpowder in an historical and social context; provide a critical introduction to the impact of warfare on politics and society in Europe from ancient times to 1453; and introduce the methods of historical research as applied to military studies.
  Optional
• PP5577 - Intelligence History: Failure and Success
• This module will introduce students to the study of Intelligence and Security issues in policy-oriented context through the medium of history. It will provide a critical historical background on the practice of intelligence from ancient times onwards, with particular attention to the impact of intelligence and security agencies on major international and national events since 1939.
• PP5580 - The Second World War
• This module explores the military, political and socio-economic events and developments of the Second World War. Students will focus on the historiography and cultural significance of the war up to the present day and will adopt an “international history” approach by building its analysis around the interaction of states and peoples in this global conflict.
• PP5603 - International Security
• The module aims to introduce students to major theoretical concepts and approaches within the field of Security Studies. It will also enables students to apply and critically evaluate the utility of these concepts and models for understanding security.

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
• Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 63% (min 58% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 90 (min 20 in all) 

2022/23 entry
UK
£8,735 full-time
£4,365 part-time
International
£18,410 full-time
£9,205 part-time
Fees quoted are per year and are subject to an annual increase. 
Fees for EU applicants – For entry in 2022/23 academic year, eligible EU applicants will have the same tuition fees as UK students to continue our support during this transition period. These fees will be applied for the duration of the course.

Graduates from our MA Military History programme have gone onto careers in a variety of private and public sectors such as working in government, NGO's, law, teaching, banking and researchers to name just a few areas.  Many also undertake further study in order to become specialists in a given field.