History MA

at University College London

Compulsory modules
 

•  Dissertation
•  Culture, Ideas and Identities
•  Empires and Global History
•  Environment, State and Economy
•  Themes and Controversies in Modern British History

Optional modules
 

•  Roman Democracy: Myth or Reality?
•  Passages to Jerusalem: The Crusades and the Medieval World, 1095-1291
•  The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the end of the Attalid Kingdom
•  Colonial and Revolutionary North America 1607-1787
•  The Transmission of Knowledge in the Ancient World
•  Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Modern Europe
•  State, Sovereignty and Liberty: The History of European Political Thought in the Eighteenth Century
•  Race, Ethnicity and the 'Other' in Africa
•  Great Britain and the American Colonies 1760-1776 (2)
•  Translation and Direct Reading 1
•  Translation and Direct Reading 2
•  Poland and Lithuania Transformed, 1569-1923
•  Urban culture and modernity: Vienna-Prague-Budapest, 1857-1938 (II)
•  Culture and Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Latin America
•  The Cause of All Mankind? US Encounters with Revolution, c.1880-1980
•  Ivan the Terrible and the Russian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century (II)
•  Emergency History: A Natural History of Humanity for the Present
•  Crime, Policing and Punishment in London, c.1750-1868
•  Slavery and Abolition in Africa, 19th - 20th Centuries
•  Dartmouth Exchange Module: Topics in History - B
•  American Borderlands: Land and Power at America's Margins, c.1763-1900
•  Medieval French Discourse: Old French
•  Identity and Power in Medieval Europe, AD 500-1300 A

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

Equivalent qualifications for India

The award of any of the following from a recognised institution:
 

• A Bachelor's degree with a minimum overall CGPA of 7.75/10, 6.25/8.0, 5.75/7.0, 4.25/6.0, 3.3/4.0, or 60% where a GPA scale is not used. The overall mark required is dependent on the subject and the ranking of the institution at which the degree has been taken.

Alternative qualifications
 

• Master's; Medical / Dental degree; MPhil/PhD

UK students
£12,900    

International students
£26,600    

This programme not only provides an outstanding foundation for those hoping to undertake PhD research and pursue an academic career but is also popular with students wishing to go into journalism, the civil service, business, museum and heritage and the education sectors.