Contemporary History
Entry requirements
Honours degree in relevant subject, such as History, Politics, Cultural Studies, normally of an upper second standard.
Months of entry
September
Course content
This programme allows you to benefit from the expertise of a very large number of modern and contemporary historians at Birmingham. It approaches contemporary history as a global phenomenon and offers a wide variety of modules on world history in the twentieth century. You will be able to specialise on many areas of British, American, African, South Asian, Middle East and European History.
The programme is designed to provide you with a solid grounding in the major outlines of recent world history, along with a wide choice of specialised modules to suit your own interest. By combining breadth with depth, it provides a framework within which you will be able to develop both your empirical and conceptual knowledge of the recent past.
You will study two core modules which use some of the best recent historical writing to cover the period since 1914:
- Mass society and modernity 1914-1945 (Autumn term)
- Globalisation since 1945 (Spring term)
You will also take two ‘skills and methods’ modules:
- Historical methods (Autumn term)
- Dissertation preparation (Spring term)
You will also choose Optional modules, one per term, or a double Special Subject module over two terms. These are chosen from a wide range of modules available both in and beyond the History department.
You will complete the programme with a 15,000-word dissertation.
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Fees and funding
For more information, please visit the University's Postgraduate Funding Database.
Qualification and course duration
MA
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Enquiry Service
- postgraduate@contacts.bham.ac.uk
- Phone
- 0121 414 5005