History

Key programme benefits to future students

The programme provides a valued route to doctoral research, and to careers in education, research, archival and heritage services, to name but a few.



Students who participate in the programme will develop their research skills but also deepen their knowledge of substantive and theoretical areas of historical study, guided by faculty with expertise in early modern and modern Irish, European, and international history.



An elective Public History Internship will afford students an opportunity to gain placement experience in partner museums, libraries, and archives.



Key Fact:

As part of the programme of study, students can engage in a public history internship module. Students on the programme can get hands-on experience of the cultural heritage sector and develop their professional network whilst completing their MA programme.

Autumn Modules

• Concepts and Methods

• Historical Research in Practice I (attendance at research seminars)



Optional Modules

Art and power in the age of the Tudors and Stuarts | Graduate Seminar in Irish Cultural History | Linking Families to Communities | University and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe | The Evolution of the Irish Town, 1609-1960 | Beginners’ ecclesiastical Latin | History of Art and Architecture Survey



Spring Modules

• History Research Seminar

• Historical Research in Practice II (attendance at research seminars)

• Directed Reading in History (an aid to research under the direction of dissertation supervisor)



Optional Modules

Public History Internship | People on the move: studying migration | The Long War in Ireland, 1968-98



Summer Modules

• Dissertation

Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree (NFQ Level 8) with at least a second-class honour, grade 2 (2:2) in which history is a constituent subject.



The university will shortlist and invite you to an interview.



Other Entry Considerations:

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, as long as you can show that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for the programme.





At UL, we value all kinds of learning and support different ways to qualify through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy.

1 year full-time, on-campus.

Autumn

Graduate careers

The programme will provide an attractive opportunity for graduates considering a career - whether in higher education, teaching in secondary or primary level, the heritage, archival or library sectors - that requires or benefits from postgraduate research experience in history.