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This is a one year, full-time course at MA level. The programme is delivered in a blended format with on-campus and online teaching. On completion of the programme the student will have acquired the ability to identify and evaluate significant issues in contemporary historiographical discourse, a specialist knowledge of a select number of substantive historical themes studied through three elective modules, the ability to identify, locate and evaluate a range of primary and secondary sources relevant to the understanding of a selected research topic, and a capacity to present the results of substantial independent research in a selected topic. In addition an elective Public History Internship will afford students an opportunity to gain experience in partner museums, libraries, and archives. Show less

Autumn Semester:

Core Modules:

HI6131 Concepts and Methods (9 credits)
HI6211 Historical Research in Practice I (3 credits) (attendance at research seminars)
Electives (Choose 2):

HII6121 Art and Power in the Age of the Tudors and Stuarts (9 credits)
HI6191 Graduate Seminar in Irish Cultural History (9 credits)
HI6061 Linking Families to Communities (9 credits)
HI6221 University and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (9 credits)
Spring Semester:

Core Modules:

HI6002 History Research Seminar (9 credits)
HI6312 Historical Research in Practice II (3 credits) (attendance at research seminars)
Electives (Choose 1):

HI6212 The Evolution of the Irish Town, 1609-1960 (9 credits)
Optional Module: MU6071 Beginners' Ecclesiastical Latin (3 credits)
HI6302 The Long War in Ireland, 1968-98 (9 credits)
HI6792 Public History Internship (9 credits)
HI6062 People on the Move: Studying Migration (9 credits)
Summer Semester:

Core Modules:
HI6222 Directed Reading in History (9 credits) (an aid to research under the direction of dissertation supervisor)
HI6043 Dissertation (30 credits)

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