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History MA: Core, Training and Option Modules


On this page you will find information about the History & Welsh History postgraduate modules. All modules are subject to availability.

Please note that some modules are subject to review and may change prior to academic year 2013-2014.

 

                                    History & Welsh History postgraduate core modules
Core Modules
Key Research Skills - 10 credits (HST643)
Historical Theory and Historical Methods - 30 credits (HST644)
Approaches to the History of Medieval Britain - 30 credits (HST911)
Sources for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - 20 credits (HST624)
Historiographical Study I: Key themes - 10 credits (HST698)
Historiographical Study II: Key debates - 10 credits (HST699)
Dissertation - 60 credits (HST655)
                                     History & Welsh History postgraduate medieval history modules
Medieval History Modules
Approaches to the History of Medieval Britain - 30 credits (HST911)
Sources for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - 20 credits (HST624)
Belief and Disbelief in the Middle Ages - 20 credits (HST634)
Gender in the Middle Ages - 20 credits (HST635)
Crusader Ideology - 20 credits (HST907)
The Military Orders - 20 credits (HST908)
Kingdoms of the Crusaders - 20 credits (HST913)
Aspects of the History of the Crusades and the Latin East - 20 credits (HST883)
Archaeology of the Latin East - 20 credits (HST934)
For further medieval options see the MA Medieval British Studies or the MA Ancient and Medieval Warfare degree schemes
                                     History & Welsh History postgraduate early modern history modules
Early Modern History Modules
Politics and Society in Early Modern Wales - 20 credits (HST623)
Politics and Society in Early Modern Wales II - 20 credits (HST882)
Order & Disorder in Early Modern Society I - 20 credits (HST629)
Order and Disorder in Early Modern Society II - 20 credits (HST888)
                                     History & Welsh History postgraduate modern history modules
Modern History Modules
Self, Family and Nation I: Psychological Cultures in Britain 1870-1930 - 20 credits (HST607) (not available in 2012-13)
Self, Family and Nation II: Psychological Cultures in Britain 1930-1980 - 20 credits (HST608) (not available in 2012-13)
Art, society and politics in Germany 1905-1949 - 20 credits (HST618)
Art, society and politics in Germany 1949-2005 - 20 credits (HST619)
China 1840-1919, Political and Social History - 20 credits (HST626)
Politics & Economic Policy in Britain 1939-2001 - 20 credits (HST627)
Society and Identity in Wales 1840-1914 - 20 credits (HST628)
Industrialisation in England and Wales: Structural change in the economy - 20 credits (HST630)
Modern India, 1757-1947: Gender and Women’s History - 20 credits (HST631)
France, 1870-1914 - 20 credits (HST632)
Dirt, Disease and the Public's Health, 1800-1914 - 20 credits (HST651)
Modern India, 1757-1947: Political and Social History - 20 credits (HST661)
The City and the Environment in Victorian and Edwardian Britain - 20 credits (HST880)
Austria and Germany 1866-1945, Part II - 20 credits (HST881)
China 1919-2000: Political and Social History - 20 credits (HST885)
The Global Economy 1944-2000 - 20 credits (HST886)
Twentieth-Century Wales: Economy, Politics and Society - 20 credits (HST887)
France, 1914-1945 - 20 credits (HST889)
Industrialisation in England and Wales: Social and cultural changes - 20 credits (HST890)
                                     History & Welsh History postgraduate Welsh history modules
Welsh History Modules
Politics and Society in Early Modern Wales - 20 credits (HST623)
Politics and Society in Early Modern Wales II - 20 credits (HST882)
Society and Identity in Wales 1840-1914 - 20 credits (HST628)
Industrialisation in England and Wales: Structural change in the economy - 20 credits (HST630)
Twentieth-Century Wales: Economy, Politics and Society - 20 credits (HST887)
Industrialisation in England and Wales: Social and cultural changes - 20 credits (HST890)
                                     History & Welsh History postgraduate research training modules
Research Training Modules
Postgraduate Latin - 20 credits
German for Historians - 20 credits (HST602)
Map-reading for Historians: using cartographical tools - 10 credits (HST800)
Using English-Language Newspapers as a Source for Continental History - 10 credits (HST801)
Digital/Online Resources for Victorian History - 10 credits (HST802)
Writing Lives: Biography and Prosopographical History - 10 credits (HST803)
Interpreting Early Modern Correspondence - 10 credits (HST804)
Interpreting Early Modern Visual Sources - 10 credits (HST805)
Reading Old French - 10 credits (HST806)
History by Numbers - 10 credits (HST807)
Using Autobiographies as Historical Evidence - 10 credits (HST808)
How to Read Communist Documents - 10 credits (HST809)
An Introduction to Keynes - 10 credits (HST811)
Sources and Approaches for the Study of International Arrangements and Diplomacy in the Bretton Woods era - 10 credits (HST812)
An Introduction to Early Modern Palaeography - 10 credits (HST813)
Analysing Early Modern Primary Sources - 10 credits (HST814)
The Powers of the Press: Newspapers as Primary Sources - 10 credits (HST815)
Using Business Records - 10 credits (HST816)
Sources for Demographic History - 10 credits (HST817)
Advanced Computer Methods for Historians - 10 credits (HST818)
Sources for New Imperial Histories - 10 credits (HST819)
Indian Gender and Women’s History: Sources and Interpretation - 10 credits (HST820)
Medieval Palaeography - 10 credits (HST822)
Reading Middle English - 10 credits (HST823)
Reading French Newspapers (1870-1914) - 10 credits (HST824)
Reading French Newspapers (1914-1940) - 10 credits (HST825)
French for Historians - 20 credits (HST826)
Finding the Patient: Sources for the Social History of Medicine - 10 credits (HST827) (not available in 2012-13)
Using Magazines as a Source for Contemporary History - 20 credits (HST828) (not available in 2012-13)
Reading Medieval Latin - 20 credits (HST904)