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From 2010-11 the MA in Contemporary British History will be offered at King's College London. Click here to go to the King's website with full course details and online application.
1. Core Course: Britain since 1900: Politics, Society, Economy, Culture, International Relations
Course convenor: Professor Thane
This course consists of 20 weekly classes, each of two hours, in the autumn and spring terms. Subjects covered include political parties, the economy, social class, the constitution, the rise of the welfare state, the end of empire, Britain and Europe, gender relations and the Cold War.
Assessment will be by means of two 5,000 word essays, one submitted at the end of each term.
2. Core Course: History in Practice
Course convenor: Dr Kandiah.
This course will include 20 weekly lectures/discussions on historiography and theory as applied to history. Includes subjects such as oral history, IT and historians, visual sources, quantitative methods, economic history, political history, diaries and biographies, post-colonial history and social history.
Assessment will be by means of one 3,000-5,000 word essay submitted at the end of the first term and one presentation about a sources project at the end of the second term...
3. Option Courses
(not all courses will be available in all years) . These will include:
• British State Welfare and the State of Welfare in Britain, 1900-45
• British State Welfare and the State of Welfare in Britain, 1945-2000
• Gender in British Society 1900-45
• Gender in British Society 1945-2000
• Parties, Voters and Political Culture in Britain 1900-1945
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• Parties, Voters and Political Culture in Britain 1945-2000
• Britain and the Cold War in Europe
• Britain and the Cold War in the Extra-European World
• Financial Crises in History - Public Debt and Exchange Rate Crises
• Financial Crises in History - Banking Crises and Asset Price Crashes
• Oral Data-gathering for Contemporary Historians
NEW FOR 2010-11!
• History and Policy: Policymaking under Pressure
• History and Policy: Long-term Policy Problems
Other optional courses may be taken elsewhere in the University of London. Please see individual College websites for details, and contact the Course Administrator, Virginia Preston, about taking external courses (virginia.preston@sas.ac.uk)
Assessment is normally by two 5,000 word essays, one per term, though requirements for some courses may differ.
4. Supervised 15,000 word Dissertation
on a topic of the student's choice, to be completed by the end of September.
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