MA History
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
Request info
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
Request info
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Request info
Introduction
MA History
The MA History is innovative, creative, free-thinking, stimulating, diverse and challenging everything that is distinctive about history at Goldsmiths.
Why study MA History at Goldsmiths?
- TheDepartment of Historys approach is thematic and interdisciplinary, with staff expertise spanning the histories of Britain, East and West Europe, South Asia and Africa.
- We are on the cutting-edge of our fields and the student-teacher ratio allows us to devote an unmatched amount of time to individual supervision.
- Our focus is primary research and we'll encourageyou to follow your own historical interests. You'll be able to develop your specific subject interests through a range of option modules and the dissertation.
- You'll develop your research skillsand your understanding of key debates and methods in historiography.
- In addition to the compulsory module (Explorations and Debates) and the Research Skills modules, you'll choose two options, one of which, if you wish, can be from another department at Goldsmiths or from the wide-ranging intercollegiate list (a list of MA modules available at other colleges of the University of London).
- You'll end the programme by writing a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic of your own choice, based on primary research. The process of writing the dissertation includes participating in,organising, and presenting at, the department's dissertation conference.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory modules
You take the following two compulsory modules:
- Explorations and Debates in History
- Research Skills
Option modules
- choose both options from those offered by the Department of History
- choose one departmental option and another from a different Goldsmiths department
- choose one departmental option and another from the list of 30+ options available each year in other History departments that participate in the University of London MA Intercollegiate Sharing Scheme
- Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Modern Europe
- History of Violence
- The History of Emotions
- Visual Culture and Empire in Early Modern Venice
- Religious and Political Controversies in Early Modern Europe
- Irelands First World War
- Religious and Political Controversies in Early Modern Europe
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduate students from the department have continued to careers in museums and galleries, archives, journalism, charities, university and arts administration, local government and teaching as well as doctoral research.
English Language Requirements
Certify your English proficiency with the Duolingo English Test! The DET is a convenient, fast, and affordable online English test accepted by over 4,000 universities (like this one) around the world.