The Graduate Diploma in History is a one year (full time) or two year (part time) 60-ECTS credit degree programme, taught within a friendly and dynamic environment.
The programme is targeted at students who wish to progress to further study, or who wish to develop key transferable skills vital to many and diverse careers.
It is designed for
We value and promote a strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and the importance of independent learning. These values are instilled within a robust but friendly and supportive environment, with a particular focus on encouraging an awareness of broad historiographical trends and the development of the skills required to assess and analyse different forms of primary evidence.
A key feature of the Graduate Diploma Programme is that students who perform strongly in the first semester can apply to be transferred to the MA. The MA is completed within the same academic year.
For more information, please feel free to contact Professor (opens in a new window)Sandy Wilkinson
Research Project
Renaissance Europe
Origins of Modern Diplomacy
Approaches to Middle Ages I & II
Global Revolutions
Landscape and Environment in Ireland, 1500 to 1800
Dangerous and Deviant
De Valera's Ireland
A Global History of Refugees
Historiography and Historical Debate in Twentieth-Century Ireland
Programme Director: (opens in a new window)Prof. Sandy Wilkinson
The learning environment stresses the importance of resesarch, critical and analytical thinking, and of making informed challenges to prevailing ideas, interpretations and approaches. Small group seminars are vital to the programme's design; it is here, in a very structured and active learning environment where students hone their ability to present, defend and question historical knowledge. The learning trajectory is supported through the use of weekly research journals, presentations, essays and book reviews. The taught elements of the programme are intended to build and develop the skill set and confidence of learners to equip them to undertake the research project.
The structure of the Diploma is as follows:
Semester 1
Semester 2
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.
For more information and to apply, please follow this link.