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Study Options and Course Structure
In addition to the flexibility offered with optional modules, the MA in Humanities can be structured around a standard or extended dissertation, allowing more detailed research in your chosen area, or broader study through more optional modules.
The Masters Degree
Students on the MA degree take 180 credits in one of two models:
|
Issues in the Humanities |
Research Skills |
Dissertation |
Optional Modules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model A: 40 + | 20 + | 60 + | 60 = 180 |
| Model B: 40 + | 20 + | 90 + | 30 = 180 |
The 60-credit dissertation has a maximum of 15,000 words, the 90-credit dissertation a maximum of 30,000 words. For examples of past topics see below.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Humanities
Students take 120 credits, omitting the dissertation:
|
Issues in the Humanities |
Research Skills |
Dissertation |
Optional Modules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diploma: 40 + | 20 + | 60 = 120 |
The Postgraduate Certificate in Humanities
Students take the two core courses for 60 credits:
|
Issues in the Humanities |
Research Skills |
Dissertation |
Optional Modules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diploma: 40 + | 20 + |
The Core Courses
The following two core modules are taken in all forms of the degree, and provide a solid and extensive base on which to build a successful research career.
Issues in the Humanities
An in-depth introduction to theoretical ideas in the study of the Humanities. The course is separated into four grouped blocks and taught by seminar and tutorial. Assessment is by two 1,500-2,000 and one 3,000-word essay. Currently these blocks (five seminars each) concentrate on Humanism, Ideology, Gender and Colonialism/Postcolonialism. These sessions are usually taught on a Wednesday evenings, 5.00pm-7.00pm. Please see current MA Humanities Handbook.
Research Skills
Divided into two main sections:
- IT Skills - covers skills useful for modern research, including bibliographical information and publishing material on the world wide web.
- Research Skills - library searches, bibliography, academic writing, working with publishers.
Assessment is by one 1,500-word essay and a group IT project. These sessions are taught on a Thursday evenings, 4.00pm-6.00pm.
Optional Modules
Students can choose from a wide variety of optional modules (subject to timetabling constraints).
Dissertations
There have been dissertations on a variety of topics. For example:
- Gender, Technology and Representation; Cyborgs, Machines and Women.
- The representation of Women in Sport, Gender, The Body and Sexuality.
- Iconography of the Last Judgement in Suffolk Doom Paintings.
- Existentialism elements in post World War II European art: the treatment of the human figure by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti.
