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Social Change and Resistance – (M.A.)
University of Leicester
Department of Geography
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,770 - ≈ € 14,770 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Leicester / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Leicester
This MA programme offers students the opportunity to take a holistic degree examining social change and resistance using a multidisciplinary approach across Geography and Historical Studies. It focuses upon an examination of social change that is unique in its blend of historical research and method with that of other disciplines. It examines theories and international case studies of social change in detailed material contexts. The course also provides training in the design and implementation of a research programme and qualitative techniques.
Duration and mode of study
* MA: one year full time or two years part time
* Postgraduate Diploma: Nine-months full-time or 18 months part-time
Teaching and assessment methods
Teaching is by a combination of lecture- and seminar-based courses, an optional field-based modules, and individual research. Assessment is through essays, dissertation and project work.
Contents
Course modules
Core modules:
* Social Change
* Dissertation
* either Historical Research Methods
or Research Design and Methods in Geography
Optional modules (two choices from the following modules):
* Living with Environmental Change
* Spaces of Social Change
* Environment, Space and Society
* ‘Those Were the Days’ – Perpetrators, Profiteers, and Bystanders of the Holocaust
* Critical Resource Geography
* Theories, Concepts and Applications of Sustainable Development
* The American Century: Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations
* Political Leadership in Twentieth-century Britain
* Victorian Society
* The English Revolution, 1640-1660: Histories and Sources
* Religion in Modern Russia
* Conservation, Heritage and Planning
* Urban Topography: Image and Reality 1540-1840
* Colonial Cities in British Asia and Africa, c.1850-1950
* Vices and Virtues, Behaving and Misbehaving in British Society, 1850-1950
* Community, Conflict and Change in England and Wales from the late 17th Century to the early 19th Century
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Normally at least an upper second-class honours degree, or its equivalent, in Geography, History, Sociology or cognate disciplines, or the equivalent for overseas or European applicants. Applicants with a lower second class degree will be considered provided satisfactory references are received.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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