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Medieval and Early Modern Studies MA
This is a taught programme within the Medieval and Early Modern Studies subject area.
Outline
This unique interdisciplinary programme provides the opportunity for intensive historical, literary or art-historical study. It challenges you to engage with the evidence and methods of different disciplines in order to equip you with the wide range of research techniques crucial for studying the period.
The MA provides a thorough grounding in the skills required for advanced study in the medieval and early modern periods, as well as a core course in disciplinary methods and an exciting and varied range of optional modules. In addition, you produce a final dissertation of 12-15,000 words, for which you receive one-to-one supervision.
Key facts
- Subject area: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September.
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or upper-second class honours degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Programme structure
Course content
- Reading Evidence: An Introduction to Method and Interdisciplinarity
- Palaeography and Manuscript
- Latin
- Modules drawn from options such as: Anglo- Saxon Churches; The Gothic Imagination; Grand Designs and Intimate Liaisons; Making the News; Before Shakespeare; Parliament, Representation and Political Culture in England c1300-1601.
- Dissertation
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework and dissertation. The skill modules are assessed by examination.
Key facts
- Subject area: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September.
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or upper-second class honours degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Contact details
Admissions enquiries
T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
The Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK
T: +44 (0)1227 823140
E: c.l.taylor@kent.ac.uk
Key facts
- Subject area: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September.
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or upper-second class honours degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
How to apply
Before applying, please read our ‘How to apply’ section.
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Key facts
- Subject area: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September.
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or upper-second class honours degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).