ObjectivesTraining in, and interdisciplinary study of, the 19th century Based in the Department of English Literature and run in conjunction with the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, which draws together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and aims to promote truly interdisciplinary research.
Entry requirements19th-Century Studies Entry/language requirements At least 2:1 or international equivalent in a first degree in English, or a combined degree including a substantial element of English. If English is not your first language, we normally require an overall IELTS score of at least 7.5, normally with at least 7 in each component. For TOEFL we normally expect a minimum score of 630, with a Test of Written English score of 5. Applicants who have taken the computer-based TOEFL test must normally achieve an overall score of 267 with an essay-writing score of at least 5. The TOEFL IBT test score has to be 113 or above.
Academic titleMA Nineteenth Century Studies
Course descriptionCourse content
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Studies plus 90 credits and 15,000-word dissertation.
Modules in the English department:
-Interdisciplinary Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Studies (core)
-Victorian Medievalism
-Research Methods and Practice
-The Rise of The Gothic, 1790–1890
-Romantic Ireland
-The City in 19th-century English Literature
-Archive Use and Methodology
-Literary Language from Romanticism to Modernism.
Modules in other departments:
-Nineteenth-century German Literature
-Hegel and his Critics
-The Fin-de-Siècle
-Ballads, Broadsides and Cartoons: The Firth Collection in Sheffield
15-credit modules:
-Discovering Rural England, 1870–1920
-History and the Victorians
-Union Man: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
-The Chartist Challenge
-The Advent of Socialism in Britain, 1880–1900