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2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Medieval History (Part-Time)

Programme code:MA-MDVHIS-PTUCAS code:
Duration:24 Months Method of Attendance: Part Time
Programme manager:Dr Iona McCleery Contact address:i.mccleery@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Good Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject.

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

School of History

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of History

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

History

Programme specification:

The MA in Medieval History provides students with both a generic training in the key skills required of a professional historian, and a detailed knowledge in a range of areas relevant to Medieval history as a sub-discipline of history.

At the end of the programme students should have attained a level of professional competency and confidence sufficient to conduct independent, unsupervised, high quality research in their area of specialism. They will have acquired the research skills and standards required for locating, processing, analysing and communicating historical material, and in particular will have been equipped with research skills in Latin, palaeography and the interpretation of medieval source material.

Throughout the programmes students will benefit from the advantages of working with specialist teachers and supervisors in a large research-led department, and access to the superb library facilities.

The School of History achieved a 5 rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise, and its programme is notable for both the chronological and geographical range of the specialisms it offers, and students can also, by arrangement, take modules offered by other colleagues through the centre for medieval studies, an interdisciplinary centre and one of the largest groups of medievalists in the UK.

Leeds University's Brotherton library houses one of the largest research collections in Britain and has especially extensive holdings of published works in medieval British and European history, particularly cartularies. This gives an excellent resource base for dissertations. In addition there are buses from campus to the nearby British Library branch at Boston Spa, and there is ready access to the Leeds Public Library, the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and the West Yorkshire Archives Service.


Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

The requirement for all students will normally be 60 credits in Medieval language(s), at least 30 credits of which will include MEDV5000M or MEDV5001M. Candidates who test (by examination) as research-capable in Medieval Latin will take at least 30 credits in Medieval language(s). Further guidance can be sought from the Programme Director.

MEDV5000MIntroduction to Medieval Latin30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV5001MIntermediate Medieval Latin30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV5110MResearch Methods and Bibliography15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV5120MPalaeography: Reading Medieval Manuscripts15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:


Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

HIST5465MDissertation (Medieval History)30 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)

Optional modules:

At least 30 credits must be taken from the HIST list:

At least one module has to be from the HIST list.
The other can be from the MEDV list.
At least one option module must be taken from the HIST list. The other can be taken from the MEDV list.

HIST5020MMaking History: Archive Collaborations30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST5028MBede's Northumbria30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5029MGender, Sex, and Love: Byzantium and the West, 900-120030 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST5875MLifecycles: Birth, Death and Illness in the Middle Ages30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Not all optional modules will necessarily be on offer in any given year. The School will not normally expect to run modules with fewer than two students.

Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the list below:

Students may take one of the following interdisciplinary modules from the MA Medieval Studies if they have not already done so in year 1.

MEDV5260MWarfare in the Age of the Crusades (1095-1204)30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV5281MHow to be a Saint in the Middle Ages: Saints' Cults and their impact on culture and society (500-1500)30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV5295MReligious Communities and the Individual Experience of Religion, 1200-150030 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV5330MThe Medieval Tournament: Combat and Spectacle in Western Europe, 1100-160030 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV5335MThe Holy Land under the Franks: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and its Enemies, 1099-118730 creditsNot running in 201718
MEDV5340MMedieval Bodies30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV5346MPreaching History: Understanding Sermons as Literary Genre and Historical Source30 creditsNot running in 201718

Not all optional modules will necessarily be on offer in any given year. The School will not normally expect to run modules with fewer than two students.

Last updated: 20/04/2017

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