MA Modern History [V140]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Master of Arts scheme - available from 2012/2013

Duration 1 year

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HYM0100

Research Methods and Professional Skills in History

Semester 2
HYM0120

Research Methods and Professional Skills in History

Year 1 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HYM0520

Key Themes in Modern History

Year 1 Core (60 Credits)

Students must submit a dissertation on a topic relevant to their degree scheme.

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 3
HYM1160

Dissertation

or
HAM0160

Traethawd Hir

Year 1 Options

MA students should take a further 40 or 60 credits of appropriate optional modules:

Semester 1
HYM5120

Concepts and Sources in Heritage Studies

HYM9900

Working with History

WHM1920

The Making of Wales

Semester 2
HYM2820

Gerald of Wales

HYM5920

Borders and borderlands in modern Asia

HYM6220

Science, Place and Victorian Culture

HYM6320

Representations of the Holocaust 1945-2020

HYM9920

Working with History

WHM1220

Class and Community in Wales 1850 - 1939

Year 1 Options

MA students MUST take at least one appropriate Research training option:

Semester 1
HYM1220

Sources for Postgraduate Research in the Modern Humanities and Social Sciences

ILM5120

Information and Society