Our MA offers an excellent grounding in the principles and practices of public history, combined with the flexibility to explore the subjects that you are most passionate about. Alongside a core module and your placement, you'll have the choice of a range of option modules in History, from the early medieval to the contemporary world.
You'll decide your own topics for all assessments and your dissertation, with the support of your supervisors, discovering and refining your own research interests. Through critical reflection, you will grow into a public historian in your own right.
You will also study two option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
The Department of Archaeology also offers a variety of option modules which may be available to Public History students, subject to availability. Examples of recent modules offered include:
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
You will write a dissertation of between 14,000 - 16,000 words on a topic of your choice. Using a variety of source materials and analysis techniques, you will craft the findings into an independently researched dissertation.
You will receive support, advice and guidance from your dissertation supervisor throughout your project. The range of expertise of our staff and of our source materials means we can provide you with guidance on a wide range of topics.
You will have five one-to-one meetings with your dissertation supervisor across Semester 2 and the summer period (June/July). In these meetings, you will discuss the feasibility of your project and receive feedback on two draft chapters of your dissertation.
The placement is a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience working in the field and will help put what you've learned into practice. It takes place during Semester 2, when you will work closely with an external organisation to delivery a public history project. Host organisations include museums, archives, production companies, historic houses, historical consultants and community organisations. Projects you might work on range from exhibitions to education packs, podcasts to walking trails, social media campaigns to funding bids. This experience will help you to think critically and evaluate your public history practice, while gaining highly valuable experience and skills for your future.
Placements are organised on your behalf and change from year to year. Recent placement hosts include:
Before starting a placement that forms part of your course, you are likely to be asked by the placement provider to sign a confidentiality agreement. This is to ensure that you do not disclose any information that is confidential to the placement provider.
Every course at York is built on a distinctive set of learning outcomes. These will give you a clear understanding of what you will be able to accomplish at the end of the course and help you explain what you can offer employers. Our academics identify the knowledge, skills, and experiences you'll need upon graduation and then design t
You’ll work with world‐leading academics who’ll challenge you to think independently and excel in all that you do. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace.
Most of your modules will consist of weekly two-hour seminars. You will normally work in small groups of fewer than 15 students.
We are home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives , a major archive repository in Britain. It holds the records of the Archbishopric of York from the early thirteenth century onwards, and specialises in the study of ecclesiastic institutions.
There are several other important archives housed at York, including the JB Morrell Library and the Raymond Burton Library for Humanities Research. These contain collections covering subjects such as the British Civil Wars, French Revolution and Modern Asian history. Find out more about our libraries .
You will be based in the Department of History in Vanbrugh College on Campus West. Most of your teaching will take place in or close to Vanbrugh College.
You will also get the opportunity to visit and be taught at local museums and heritage sites close to the city.
Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around campus - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can always use the fast and frequent bus service.
You will need to submit examples of written work with your application. Please see our guidance on submitting written work .
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
For more information see our postgraduate English language requirements .
You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses . These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.
The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.
After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York .
You can apply and send all your documentation online. You don’t need to complete your application all at once: you can start it, save it and finish it later.
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