2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Social and Cultural History (Part-Time)

Programme overview

Programme code
MA-SC/HISTP
UCAS code
Duration
24 Months
Method of Attendance
Part Time
Programme manager
Simon Quinn
Contact address
S.Quinn@leeds.ac.uk
Total credits
180
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme
The School of History
Examination board through which the programme will be considered

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

This wide-ranging course focuses on the history of people, their societies and cultures. You will explore how people have lived and died across a broad span of historical periods and geographies. The programme has a strong conceptual core, but with a unique and wide range of focused studies of particular historical processes and contexts. The programmes comprises two core modules: 'Concepts and debates in Social and Cultural history' which will provide a broad conceptual introduction to research shaped by these approaches in a wide range of geographical and chronological contexts and ‘Communicating History’ which will help you to understand how history is communicated, consumed and contested in the contemporary world. In addition to two core modules, students on the programme will choose two optional modules from an extensive number on offer. There are opportunities to pursue distinct routes through the course, including health histories and histories of identity. A 15,000-word research dissertation, closely supervised by a leading historian in their field, allows you to apply the knowledge and skills you have gained.

Taught by expert researchers within the School of History and across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, this course uses the latest approaches and thinking in social and cultural history to give you an insight into the lives of others.

Year 1

(Part-Time)

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5850MConcepts and Debates in Social and Cultural History30Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from one of the following optional module baskets:
Basket 1

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5020MMaking History: Archive Collaborations30Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST5034MGlobal History and the Middle Ages30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5750MSocial Histories of South Africa30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5880MApproaches to the History of Health and Medicine30Not running in 202425
HIST5891MHistories of Migration30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV5100MMedieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 2

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5016MEmbodied Histories: Disability and Identity in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5022MGlobal Health: Decolonising Histories, Politics and Practice30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5720MRevolution and Rebirth: Eastern Europe and the USSR, 1985-9930Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5910MThe Idea of Black Culture30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Year 2

(Part-Time)

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5015MDissertation (MA)601 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)
HIST5170MCommunicating History30Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from one of the following optional module baskets:
Basket 1

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5020MMaking History: Archive Collaborations30Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST5034MGlobal History and the Middle Ages30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5750MSocial Histories of South Africa30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5880MApproaches to the History of Health and Medicine30Not running in 202425
HIST5891MHistories of Migration30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV5100MMedieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 2

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
HIST5016MEmbodied Histories: Disability and Identity in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5022MGlobal Health: Decolonising Histories, Politics and Practice30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5720MRevolution and Rebirth: Eastern Europe and the USSR, 1985-9930Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5910MThe Idea of Black Culture30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Last updated: 04/09/2024 16:54:31

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