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MA - Master of Arts
Teesside University Middlesbrough
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
You acquire a substantial body of historical knowledge and apply, at a high level, the skills and methodologies of historical research. You demonstrate sophisticated understanding of texts and an ability to marshal an argument in pursuit of meaningful questions about the past. Most importantly, you develop as a researcher, and the teaching model empowers you to develop the kind of methodological and theoretical rigour that is essential to producing your own original research. The curriculum enables you to focus on a particular area or field of historical research in greater depth than you may have encountered during the course of previous study or experience. A variety of theoretical approaches, practical and critical thinking skills enable you to exercise significant judgement in a range of situations – highly valued in a range of careers. Top reasons to study this course > Study this course and you may be eligible for a £2,500 Sir Keith Skeoch postgraduate scholarship. > The teaching team are highly rated research-active historians who support the work of the Centre for Culture and Creativity. > Negotiated learning and innovative assessment strategies includes knowledge exchange projects which includes public engagement activity, such as exhibitions, websites, theatre scripts, or educational resources such as lesson plans and courses of work, ensuring that valuable employability skills are embedded within the course structure. > Optional specialisms based on the staff research expertise bring you face-to-face with research taught by leading scholars as is attested by the history section’s Research Excellence Framework contribution, grant capture and record of current and forthcoming publications. > High level of academic and pastoral tutor support develops your independence as a researcher, skills as a writer, and originality as a critic in a supportive and structured environment. > An MA History provides a sound basis for either doctoral study in history and its cognate disciplines, and entry into a range of graduate-level jobs.
This module marks the culmination of the MA History programme, requiring you to produce an extended example of historical research. This may take the form of a dissertation of 15,000 words, or an equivalent knowledge exchange project.
The module addresses various theoretical and practical approaches to history and historiography, and will equip you to study the subject at postgraduate level. It is organised around the acquisition of interpretive and historiographical skills and their application to some of the narratives, themes, periods and theories that engage historians at the current time.
This module will give you the opportunity to choose one of two specialist topics relating to the specific research interests of the teaching team. You will also complete an independent research project on a subject to be negotiated with an individual member of the teaching team. The module will therefore provide you with experience shaping research questions, and if you choose to submit your independent research in the form of a knowledge exchange project it will also afford you the prospect of shaping your own mode of assessment.
This module will give you the opportunity to choose one of two specialist topics relating to the specific research interests of the teaching team. You will also complete an independent research project on a subject to be negotiated with an individual member of the teaching team. The module will therefore provide you with experience shaping research questions, and if you choose to submit your independent research in the form of a knowledge exchange project it will also afford you the prospect of shaping your own mode of assessment.
The module focuses on further developing your skills as a researcher with practical sessions on the framing of research questions, various research methodologies, and aspects of presenting your research, with the aim of enabling you to develop a research proposal for your final project. The module will therefore provide you with an opportunity to investigate and test the possibilities of a chosen topic by conducting a literature search, identifying historiographical context, locating primary sources, and devising a relevant and productive methodology. At the end of the module you will present your research in a conference style setting, and then complete a feasibility study which will feed-forward into your final project.
Cost of living Fee - You need to provide at least £1,171 per month, up to a maximum of 9 months (£10,539)
