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MSc PgDip PgCert Global Gender History

  • DeadlineStudy Details:
    • MSc: 12 months full-time; 24 months part‑time
    • PgDip: 9 months full-time; 18 months part‑time
    • PgCert: 9 months full-time; 18 months part‑time

Course Description

The Masters in Global Gender History (online distance learning) offers online, vocationally-orientated tuition in gendered analyses of the global past. Expert instruction is provided by world-leading scholars from the Centre for Gender History, working in partnership with heritage, media and third sector professionals. Together, they will provide you with the skills necessary to evaluate and propose initiatives to gender, queer and decolonise historical narratives. A key strength of the programme is its flexibility. It can be taken full or part-time from September or January, its accessible digital learning environment allowing you to fit your studies around your life.

The Masters in Global Gender History (Distance Learning) is a flexible, online programme, offering vocationally-orientated tuition in gendered analyses of the global past.
It is run by the Centre for Gender History, which is home to the largest concentration of gender historians in Britain and offers an unparalleled environment for study and research in this field.
On this programme you will receive expert tuition in the theoretical and methodological approaches to global gender history and their application to a wide range of historical and cultural contexts. The course is taught by world-leading scholars in gender history, committed to developing and deepening your own research interests.

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

The research skills and methods you’ll gain on this programme give you the transferable skills you need for positions in the public and private sectors, including heritage policy and projects, media and teaching. The programme is also an excellent foundation for a PhD.

Module Details

This is a distance learning, full or part-time programme with entry points in September and January.

You will take:

  • Two core courses (Gender History Applied; Gender History Concepts)
  • Four optional courses from a selection offered by the Centre for Gender History
  • A Dissertation OR an Applied Dissertation by (Digital) Placement (where available).

All learning takes place online using an engaging and accessible digital learning environment, specially designed to be intuitive to use. Teaching resources include live seminars, pre-recorded lectures, case-studies, curated reading lists, and closely moderated discussion forums. In-depth critical interrogation and continual self-reflection are fostered through a wide range of assignments, including essays, presentations, blog posts, project proposals, public talks and exhibition work. The programme culminates in a dissertation, with, where available, an option to take an applied dissertation by (digital) placement.

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