Graduate Diploma in History
The Graduate Diploma in History is aimed primarily at students who have an undergraduate qualification in a non-cognate discipline or students who are returning to education after a long period of absence who wish to ease themselves gently into graduate study. However, for those students who feel that they did not quite reach their full potential in their BA in History, the programme also offers the opportunity to acquire an additional 'top-up' qualification.
The two semester 60 credit programme will afford students the opportunity to acquire specialized knowledge and deepen their understanding of history, its advanced theories, concepts and methods. It will be taught principally by senior members of the teaching staff.
In the vast majority of cases, the Graduate Diploma in History will be taken as a stand-alone programme. However, students may also apply for transfer to the taught MA programme towards the end of the first semester. Applications will be considered by an academic transfer panel for any student achieving consistently high grades over the course of the first semester. Students who are upgraded to the MA programme will complete the MA in the same year. Please note, however, that for those students who are upgraded in January, places on MA modules will be subject to availability.
Structure
Semester 1
Renaissance Europe,10 credits. Although this course will take as its focus the rich intellectual, cultural, religious and intellectual history of fifteenth and sixteenth-century Europe, its primary purpose is to develop key graduate-level skills in History. It has been designed exclusively for students on the Graduate Diploma programme. It is taught by Dr Sandy Wilkinson.
A 5 credit history module from the final-year undergraduate syllabus.
Research Skills Course, 5 credits.
Semester 2
Making History: Working with Documents, 10 credits.
In addition to the taught courses, students will also work on a Graduate Research Project over the course of semester 1 and 2. This Project will be worth 30 credits. The Research Project will normally be a dissertation of 8,000 words including footnotes but excluding bibliography and appendices.
Entrance Qualifications
A good undergraduate degree
For further information please download our prospectus for the Graduate Diploma in History
How do I apply?
Applicants must fill out the ‘online application form’ and submit it electronically to the university.