M.A. Modern History
University of Kent - Paris Campus
| Application deadline: | As soon as possible. |
| Start date: | September 2013 |
| Duration full-time: | 12 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Part-time, Full-time |
| Intensity: | Flexible |
| Duration part-time: | 24 months |
Description
Following a similar path to our Modern History MA, the Paris option allows you to spend your first term at our Canterbury campus with full access to its excellent academic and recreational facilities, before relocating to our Paris centre for the spring term, studying in the heart of historic Montparnasse.
In Paris, you take the Paris-specific history module, England and France: Two kingdoms, two images, c1500-1700, and can choose between an historical independent research essay or select a `wild' option from the range of humanities modules offered in Paris.
In the final term, you complete your MA by writing a 18-20,000-word dissertation on a research topic defined in collaboration with an academic supervisor.
All teaching is provided in English, by University of Kent academics.
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time
Contents
Canterbury
- Methods and Interpretations in Historical Research
- At least one subject option from: Britain and the Modern World; The British Army and the Great War; Cities at War; The Early Modern Town: Canterbury, an International City; From Wounded Knee to the Little Bighorn Casino; Geiger Counter at Ground Zero; The Global History of Capitalism; History of Science; The Image of France in English Culture, c1500-1620; No End of a Lesson: Britain and the Boer War; Religion and Society in 17th-century England; Science, Ethics and Controversy; The Vietnam War; Visualising Science; War Propaganda and the Media; Word and Image; Zara Steiner: An Historian Examines History (all subject to student recruitment and tutor availability).
- Dissertation of 18-20,000 words
Paris
- England and France: Two kingdoms, two images
- One subject option from: Diaspora and Exile; Film and Modernity; Independent historical research essay; Paris: Reality and Representation; Paris and Modernism.
Assessment
All courses are assessed by coursework, and the dissertation counts for half the final grade (comprising one third assessed preparation, two thirds actual dissertation).
Requirements
Minimum 2.1 or equivalent in history or a relevant subject (eg, politics, international relations, archaeology). In certain circumstances, the School will consider candidates who have not followed a conventional education path. These cases are assessed individually by the Director of Graduate Studies. Please also check our general entry requirements at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply/entry.html
Funding
University Academic School and Centre Scholarships
All University Academic Schools and Centres offer scholarships for postgraduate study. These vary from a one-off payment of a few hundred pounds to tuition fees at the home rate and/or maintenance payments at the same rate as the Research Councils.
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