This programme provides you with the opportunity to pursue your own historical interests in a lively and congenial environment within an internationally distinguished department. It combines training in historical skills and methods with a wide range of specialist options in all periods of British, European and American history. It has particular strengths in medieval history; gender history; social and cultural history; military history; British history and the history of medicine.
In consultation with the programme convener, you will be able to tailor your programme to reflect your personal interests.
Core course:
* Research resources and skills for historians.
Plus five additional options from a very long list of topics and research skills courses.
One of these options is Studies in the history of Medicine since 1700 which provides an introduction to major topics in the history of Western medicine since 1700.
You may, where appropriate, include courses from cognate disciplines.
All students taking the MLitt complete a dissertation on their chosen research topic under the supervision of a member of staff with specialist interests in the field.