Programme structure: History (MA) - what's running in 2016/17

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Approaches to History	HISTM2009	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Researching and Writing History	HISTM0055	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Dissertation	HISTM1000	60	Mandatory	AYEAR
In consultation with the programme director, students may choose from the following in place of HISTM2009 or HISTM0055:
Research Skills for Medievalists	AFACM1001	20	Optional	TB-1
Students must choose a further 80 Credits from the following optional units:
The Apocalypse in Culture and Society (1000-1500)	HISTM0032	20	Optional	TB-2
Making History Public	HISTM2016	20	Optional	TB-2
Ideology, Poverty and Famines	HISTM2017	20	Optional	TB-2
Constructing the 'Other' in Western Europe, c.1000 - 1400 (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0045	20	Optional	TB-1
Death, Doctors and Disease (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0046	20	Optional	TB-1
Early Modern Italy (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0047	20	Optional	TB-1
Food: a Global History (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0048	20	Optional	TB-1
Genocide in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0049	20	Optional	TB-1
History in the Middle Ages (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0051	20	Optional	TB-1
Holocaust Landscapes (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0058	20	Optional	TB-1
Pirates (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0053	20	Optional	TB-1
The British World (Lecture Response Unit)	HISTM0057	20	Optional	TB-1
Global Cities	HISTM0061	20	Optional	TB-1
Themes in the History of Colonialism	HISTM0017	20	Optional	TB-2
The Development of the Modern Mass Media: Disciplining Democracy (Level M Lecture Response unit)	HISTM0063	20	Optional	TB-1
Europe: A Fractal History 1945-1989 (Level M Lecture Response)	HISTM0065	20	Optional	TB-1
Research Skills for Medievalists	AFACM1001	20	Optional	TB-1
Introductory Latin	AFACM1003	20	Optional	TB-1
Beyond the Battlefield: Environment and Conflict	HUMSM0001	20	Optional	TB-1
Personal Option Unit	AFACM0007	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Supervised Individual Study	AFACM0008	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Colonizing Nature	HISTM0066	20	Optional	TB-1
MA History		180

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Additional progress information

The award of an MA with Merit in the Faculty of Arts requires at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component and at least 65 out of 100 for the dissertation.