Overview

The MA (History) is a full-time programme running for 12 months or a part-time programme running for 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

Postgraduate Certificate in History

MA Candidates who pass 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in History.

Postgraduate Diploma in History

MA candidates who pass Part I and opt not to proceed to Part II of the Master's programme may register for HI6085 and, on successful completion of HI6085, are awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in History. Students must submit HI6085 to the School by the second Friday in September in the same academic year or may register for HI6085 in the following academic year (part-time), following completion of Part I.

Candidates who pass Part I and opt to proceed to Part II of the Master's programme and who fail, or fail to submit, Part II may register for HI6085 in the following academic year (part-time), and upon successful completion, will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in History.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Students take 90 credits.
Part I
Students take 45 credits as follows - all listed core modules (15 credits), 20 credits of specialist modules and 10 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
HI6075	Making History Public	10
HI6076	Changing Directions in History: Transformative Historians and Their Work	5
Specialist Streams
Students take modules to the value of 20 credits from one of the following streams:		20
Medieval and Renaissance History
HI6078	New Worlds, Ancient Texts (10)
HI6090	The Insular World in Text and Image (10)
Modern Ireland
HI6074	Debates in the Irish Revolution (10)
HI6087	Healthcare in Ireland, 1750-present (10)
Media and History
HI6083	Radicalism, Dissent and the Print Media in Modern Ireland (10)
European and International History
HI6026	US Foreign Policy and Contemporary History (10)
HI6045	War and Peace: the European State System from 1648 to 1990 (10)
Elective Modules
Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:		10
HI6063	Work Placement and Portfolio (10) 1
LT6023	Beginners' Latin (10) 1
Part II
Students take 45 credits as follows:
Core Modules
HI6100	History Dissertation 2	45
Total Credits		90

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Subject to the agreement of the MA Coordinator.

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A dissertation of a maximum of 20,000 words must be submitted by a specified date in September at the end of year one (for full-time students) and at the end of year two (for part-time students).

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in History (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a critical awareness of the major issues and problems within the study of history including public history;
  
• Incorporate and evaluate insights and findings that are informed by scholarship at the forefront of the field of history;
  
• Articulate findings and communicate judgements cogently and coherently in a variety of oral and written forms and settings;
  
• Locate and appraise a broad range of primary and secondary sources related to history;
  
• Identify and apply methodologies appropriate to undertaking research in history;
  
• Complete a research driven dissertation.