(Award available for year: Master of Arts)
1. Initiate, research, and complete an advanced level research project;
2. Analyse effectively key themes in the historiography and methodology of modern history;
3. Critically assess the main audiences for history outside of academia;
4. Apply public history techniques to the study of a chosen aspect of the past.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Conduct structured research enquiries that consist of setting tasks, and locating, synthesising and analysing evidence;
2. Work independently, while engaging positively with supervision and guidance;
3. Apply the technical skills to write and present a podcast;
4. Work collaboratively to produce a coherent presentation on a methodological aspect of public history.
Competence Standards
1. Effectively communicate key ideas and arguments about modern history to different audiences.
2. Critically assess different approaches to study of modern history.
3. Critically interpret source material from modern history.
4. Construct arguments supported by historical evidence, considering diverse perspectives where appropriate.
5. Design and produce an independent research project in modern history, analysing primary sources, with appropriate support where required.
6. Apply relevant digital tools, techniques and approaches to the study of modern history.
The School of History uses a combination of different assessment methods to capture the range of ways that students learn on the programme. In the MA Modern assessment types across our compulsory and optional modules typically include: a dissertation, presentations, podcasts, and essays.
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