2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Science, History and Society

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Programme specification:

The history of science is an exciting discipline, which seeks to understand how different ideas, technologies and practices came into being and how they have shaped the world around us. The MA in Science, History & Society will offer students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics and themes in the history of science, to develop their skills in researching, debating and presenting historical work, and to pursue their own research interests with support from expert staff in the Centre for History & Philosophy of Science at Leeds. Students will also have the option to undertake a placement with a regional organisation that will enable students to link scholarship and research to regional and societal needs, skills, issues and debates, and gives an opportunity to find out how non-academic organisations operate in the region, as well as adding transferrable skills in negotiation and communication.

Through various modules that explore key topics, methodologies, skills and practices, the programme will:
i) provide students with an overview of major themes in science’s history and position in society.
ii) develop their analytical skills in relation to historical research;
iii) introduce them to current debates in history of science and enable them to locate their own position and pursue their own interests in relation to those debates;
iv) allow students to pursue a personal interest in a specialised area of History of Science by taking an appropriate optional module;
v) allow students to extend their understanding of science, by combining its history with selected philosophical approaches by taking optional modules;
vi) allow students to acquire practical skills and work experience by doing a placement with a relevant non-academic organisation;
vii) develop students’ skills in the practice of independent research in a specialised area of History of Science.

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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates are required to study and pass 180 credits.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to take one of the following dissertation modules:

Candidates are required to take 30-60 credits from the following list of optional modules:

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