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Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (MRes)
Queen Mary, University of London
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| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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Location of Queen Mary, University of London
MRes One year full-time, two tears part-time
The MRes in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies provides rigorous research training for students who already have a clear topic they want to pursue at graduate study.
Focusing on the technical and linguistic skills that underpin research projects, it aims to provide high-level specialist research training for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, including direct experience of working with documents, images and artefacts, archival skills, Latin and other specialist training as appropriate.
Contents
You take a compulsory module in semester 1 and semester 2, Textual Scholarship, and a compulsory but non-assessed module in Latin in semester 1 and semester 2.
You then also choose two optional modules from a list which may include:
* Urban Culture and the Book
* Public and Private Cultures in Renaissance England
* Reading Shakespeare Historically
* Understanding Religions Historically
* Renaissance Bodies
* Performing Early Modern Drama
* Writing a Biography
* Writing Lives from Letters: the Archive and Production of Historical Biography
* Royal Authors and Royal Lives in Early Modern England
Assessment Coursework (67 per cent):
Assessment for each optional module is a 4,000-word essay. Assessment of Textual Scholarship (the core module) is by five practical assignments and two 4,000-word essays.
Dissertation (33 per cent):
A dissertation of 15,000 words.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Most applicants will have an undergraduate degree with First or Upper Second Class Honours (or equivalent) in English or such related fields as History, Cultural Studies and Media Studies. Where a North American marking scheme is used, applicants should have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.3.
Promising applicants who do not meet the formal academic criteria but who possess relevant credentials and who can demonstrate their ability to produce written work Master´s level will also be considered. Applicants may be invited to interview or asked to submit examples of written and/or creative work. We welcome applications from mature and nontraditional students.
English language entry
* IELTS 6.5
* TOEFL 580
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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