Masters Study

Our taught degrees vary in length from 9 to 21 months, consisting of a mixture of course work and a self-motivated dissertation project. All our master’s degrees are designed for postgraduates who wish to deepen their knowledge of a period or area of history and who wish to obtain experience and training in research, these include programmes which allow graduates to familiarize themselves with specialist subject areas and their distinctive methodologies.

The wide variety of postgraduate master’s programmes reflects both the diversity and the clustering of research interests within the faculty. Some programmes can be taken as either a one-year course (MSt or MSc) or two-year course (MPhil). The two-year courses afford students the chance to take more specialist options, and also to complete a more substantial dissertation.

MSt in History Art and Visual Culture

This programme comprises three papers or units: a core course on Issues in Art History, a special option course and a dissertation.

MSt in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This programme brings together the contributions of five Humanities faculties (Classics, English, History, Medieval and Modern Languages, and Philosophy).

It encompasses wider interdisciplinary perspectives (e.g. in Chinese studies, theology, and gender and development), and offers exciting scope to follow distinctive independent intellectual pathways.

MSt Medieval Studies

This programme is aimed at students who wish to follow courses in more than one discipline in medieval studies, and who are keen to extend their skills.

The degree is supported by several Faculties within the Humanities Division (History, English Language and Literture, Medieval and Modern Languages), demonstrating the University’s tremendous wealth of scholarship in the period.

Masters Study

Related Programmes

MSt in History Art and Visual Culture

MSt in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

MSt Medieval Studies