Course overview
The breadth of expertise and experience in the History Department (currently forty or so full-time members of staff), along with a thriving culture of research, seminars and conferences, make Warwick one of the very best universities in the UK to undertake research in history.
Students taking the MA by Research are expected to complete their degrees in one year of full-time study, or two years part-time. As a research student your closest contact will be with your supervisor, or supervisors, who will meet with you regularly to discuss your work, and agree a programme of reading, research and writing with you.
Additional support and training, including English language support, are provided by the Department, Arts Faculty and the Graduate School, as well as by History’s many reading groups, seminars, workshops and conferences. History researchers will benefit from the University Library’s Research Exchange, a dedicated postgraduate conference and study area, with state-of-the-art facilities.
Please contact the department to discuss whether the MA by Research, rather than the Taught MA, is the right course for you.
For postgraduate queries, please email PGHistoryOffice at warwick dot ac dot uk. For further information about the department, please visit the History Department web pages.
Teaching and learning
You will take one core module Historical Research: Theories, Skills and Methods.
This 40 CATS one-term MA module for students is designed to equip students with the methodological skills needed to carry out an extended piece of historical research and writing.