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History - Local – (M.A.)
Kingston University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,580 - ≈ € 11,100 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
Students studying for the History (Local) MA will be attached to the Faculty's Centre for Local History Studies. You will be able to draw on its resources and the guidance of its staff when undertaking your own local-based research projects.
The Centre was established in 1997 as a major research centre and to act as a focus for members of the local community wishing to develop their interests in local history. Research projects include the Kingston Local History Project and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Project, both of which have developed unique historical databases as a means of studying past communities.
We now also specialise in the history of healthcare and gender history.
What will you study?
The course content is designed to provide you with the academic framework you need to develop your own research interests. You will gain the research skills relevant to the study and practice of history in general and local history in particular. In particular, you will learn how historical data is compiled, analysed and assessed. You also look at how ICT can be of value to the historian.
For the dissertation you can focus your own research on either individual localities/communities or the individual themes that have shaped those localities over the past two centuries.
Contents
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
* Archives, Records and the Historian
* Great Historical Debates
* History Dissertation
* Introduction to your History Specialism
* Literature Review
* Research Skills and Methods in Social Sciences
* The Digital Historian
Optional modules
* Britain's Role in the World since 1900
* British Society since the 1960s
* Contemporary US Foreign Policy
* Fascism and the Post War Extreme Right
* The French Revolution 1774-1799
* The Politics of Mass Murder
* Themes in 20th Century USA History
* Women in Britain and America, 1840-1950
* Case Studies in International Conflict
* Europe in the Contemporary World
* Nationalism and Modernity
* Postgraduate History Worklink
Assessment
The main form of assessment is the dissertation. Course work will be assessed through essays, written assignments and presentations.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* A good honours degree or equivalent in history or a related subject.
* International students must have an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent
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) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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