MA History

at University of Lincoln

The taught modules are delivered through a series of seminars which typically take place on a Wednesday. Students are supported in researching and writing their dissertation with a series of tutorial meetings with their supervisor.

Students on this course should expect to receive three to four hours of contact time per week. Postgraduate level study involves a significant proportion of independent study, exploring the material covered in seminars. As a general guide, for every hour spent in class, students are expected to spend two to three hours in independent study.
 

Core modules:
 

- Historical Research (12 weeks)
- The Dissertation Map (six weeks)
- The Public Historian (six weeks)
 

Students also have a choice of one 12-week optional core module in Semester 1 and one 12-week optional module in Semester 2.
 

Optional core modules can include:
-Themes in Contemporary British History
-Themes in Global History
-Themes and Issues in Media History
-Themes and Issues in the History of Gender and Sexuality
 

Optional modules can include:

-Everyday Britain: MACE (The Media Archive For Central England) and the Historian
-Politics and Political Culture in Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1500-1700
-Early Modern Manhood
-Sex and Science in the Western World, 1800-present
-The Making of Contemporary Britain: From Sexual Liberation to Deindustrialisation 1970-1990
-Gender and Material Culture in Modern Britain
-Photographing Empire
-The History of the Book: Media and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe
-Break Ranks! Antimilitarism, Pacifism and Resistance to War
-Literature, Politics, and Identity in Interwar Europe
-Print Culture and the Book in the Nineteenth Century

• 2:1 honours degree in History or a related subject.
• Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. 

The fees for MA History may vary from £14,000 to £25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

The skills and knowledge acquired from studying history are valued by many professions. This programme aims to develop the advanced knowledge and expert research skills valued in both the public and private sectors.
 

As effective writers and communicators, historians can go on to careers in journalism, communications, and marketing. Research and organisation skills produce outstanding librarians, information managers, and researches, while many historian graduates also go on to complete additional study to become lawyers, diplomats, and public officials.