Master of Studies in Historical Studies

Differences from 2021/22 to 2023/24

  • 1. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Historical Studies. The course is available on a part time basis only, to be studied over a period of three terms.

    2. Candidates for admission will be required to have successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Historical Studies normally not more than three terms before admission to the MSt.

    3. Every candidate shall be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:

    • (a) A survey of secondary literature of not more than 2,500 words;

    • (b) A survey of primary sources for dissertation of not more than 2,500 words;

    • (c) A dissertation proposal of not more than 1,500 words;

    • (d) Two oral presentations;

    • (e) A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words on a topic selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by any two of the examiners.

  • Assignments under 3(a) to (c) shall be uploaded to the University approved online assessment platform for consideration by suchthe dates as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates. Presentations under 3(d) shall be delivered at such times and locations as are providedpublished in the course handbook at the start of each academic year.

  • The dissertation under clause 3 (ed) shall be submitted in a format to be prescribed in the course handbook to the University approved online assessmentsubmission platform by noon on the Tuesday of Week 7 Trinity Term of the year in which the course is taken. SubmissionThe deadlinesformat andis information are publishedprescribed in the course handbook. 

    4. Candidates may be required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies at the discretion of the examiners.

    5. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in any of the dissertationassessments in 3 (a) to (d) will be permitted to resubmit on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial failure.

    65. A candidate who is successful in the examination for the MSt in Historical Studies shall have their Postgraduate Certificate subsumed by the Master of Studies.

Schedule

Unit 1: Using Archives and Analysing Sources

Unit 2: Theoretical Approaches to History

Unit 3: Writing History