Course summary
The MRes History provides excellent preparation for study at MPhil/PhD level for students with a defined research topic, but is also a degree in its own right.
- This programme provides you with an ideal foundation for further historical research, on the basis of an individual research project that is much smaller in scale than an MPhil topic.
- You can gradually acquire the skills and techniques necessary for your particular field of research and then put this into practice in your research project.
- It's the ideal foundation for further scholarly research in history, cultural studies, and other related disciplines in the humanities.
Modules
The programme is primarily assessed by a dissertation on your chosen topic, but also incorporates two taught courses: Explorations and Debates in History investigates the ways historians have conceptualised and contested historical practice in the modern and early modern periods. Or Explorations and Debates in Queer History explores experiences, articulations and understandings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer lives and desires across period and region, from medieval and early modern Europe to the present. Or Explorations and Debates in Black British History explores experiences, articulations and understandings of people of African descent and origin within a British context from the early modern period through to the present. Plus Research Skills develops expertise in a variety of methodologies including the use of oral, visual, material and textual sources.
Assessment method
You'll be assessed by a portfolio of coursework essays and a 30,000-word dissertation. The dissertation may be followed by a viva voce.
Entry requirements
You should normally have, or expect to gain, an upper second class undergraduate degree in a humanities or social science subject, or be qualified by previous experience and able to demonstrate the ability to work at postgraduate level. We accept a wide range of international qualifications. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW