Course summary
Explore the wide-ranging developments of the Renaissance world and develop your research and communication skills. Warwick’s Centre for the Study of the Renaissance is an innovator and international leader in its field, bringing together over 40 specialists from Classics, English and Comparative Literature, History, History of Art, Liberal Arts and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. An optional term in Venice will let you experience first-hand the richness of Renaissance culture. Course overview This MA covers the period c.1300-c.1650 across Europe. It provides a foundation in the art, history, literature, philosophy, religion and science of the period, exploring their interconnections with the social and political context. Strongly interdisciplinary, it is taught by academics drawn from the Departments of Classics, English, History, History of Art, Liberal Arts and from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Skills from this degree
- Advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the historical and cultural developments of the Renaissance
- Advanced synthetic and analytical skills
- Linguistic, palaeographical, and bibliographical skills
- Research and Information management skills
- Advanced written and oral communication skills
Modules
Core modules
- Renaissance Culture and Society (taught at Warwick)
- Dissertation
- Inventing the Renaissance
- Books, Subversion and the Republic of Letters
- Italian Renaissance Humanism
- The Development of English Drama, 1558-1659
Assessment method
Our aim is to develop your research and writing skills to the point where you are able to present cogent, complex and original arguments based on your research of images, buildings, artefacts, documents and other primary sources. Each individual module is assessed through essays. Normally you will write an extended essay (5,000 words) for each of your modules, in addition to a dissertation (currently 15,000 words). The dissertation is prepared over the late spring and summer and submitted in September. You will be requested to submit a literature review before starting on your dissertation. You will receive close one-to-one tuition from members of staff to guide you through your programme of research and writing. Warwick modules are typically assessed by essay only.
Entry requirements
Minimum requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements on our website. This course requires the following: - Band B - IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above. International qualifications We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses:
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees
Sponsorship information
We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship. Please visit the University's scholarship webpages.
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL