Course summary

Challenging and diverse, our MA History equips you with a range of personal and intellectual skills and the ability to research, analyse and interpret complex contradictory material, to develop confident, critical, creative and adaptable writing skills suited to a variety of purposes and careers. 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. This course provides a sound basis for either doctoral study in history and its cognate disciplines, or entry into a range of graduate-level jobs such as teaching, museum work, heritage management and/or administration. Visit Teesside University’s website to apply to start in September or January.