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MA English Local History
Key Facts
Mode: Campus- based
Duration: One year full- time, or two years part- time
Course start date: October each year
Course Overview
The MA in English Local History aims to provide you with training, up to research level, in the 'Leicester' approach to English Local History. The course stresses comparative landscape and community, with emphasis on cultural regions, historical ecology, regional identities, and is interdisciplinary in its methodologies.
Course Structure
The degree consists of four core modules, a field course and a dissertation. The field course is a one week residential course which takes place in a region outside of the East Midlands and involves intensive study of the landscape. The dissertation consists of a maximum of 20,000 words and allows you to explore an approved research topic of your own choosing.
| Semester One | Semester Two |
|---|---|
| Community, Conflict and Change in England and Wales | Understanding English and Welsh Communities and Cultures |
| Medieval Landscapes | The Local Identities and Palaeography of Early Modern England |
| Field Course |
Part-time students
The requirements of the course are spread over two years. In the first year you study two core modules plus the field course, with the remaining two core modules being taken in the second year. You will also complete your 20,000 word dissertation in the second year.
Information about postgraduate modules in English Local History
There are a number of funding opportunities available for entry in 2012
For further information about the degree visit the Centre for English Local History or contact the course co-ordinator Professor Keith Snell
