University of Sydney / Faculty of Arts / Department of History / History / Master of Arts (History) 2010

Master of Arts (History) MA (History)
Postgraduate Coursework 2010

 

Application Closing Dates

 
Semester 1 Semester 2 Mid-Year Entry CRICOS
30 OCT 2009 30 APR 2010 Available 016223J
Late applications are considered, however priority will be given to applications received on time.

Duration

 
This qualification is normally completed in 1 year of full time study or 2 - 4 years part time.

Entry Requirements

 
A Bachelor degree with a major in History or equivalent.

Completion Requirements

 
8 units of study (totalling 48 credit points) comprising 1 core unit, a 2 unit supervised dissertation of 10,000 words (worth 12 credit points), plus 5 electives from the History postgraduate course offerings.

Units of Study

NB: 2010 Units of Study will be finalised in late September 2009 and available to view on this site in October. Any links below to the online Handbook are to 2009 listings and should be treated as a guide only. Please refer to the 2010 Handbook for additional units.
 
  SemPts
Core
HSTY 6987 Writing the Past 1 6
Elective
ARTS 7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates 1, 2 6
HSTY 6915 MA Dissertation Part 1 1, 2 6
HSTY 6916 MA Dissertation Part 2 1, 2 6
HSTY 6962 Treatise Part 1 1, 2 6
HSTY 6963 Treatise Part 2 1, 2 6
HSTY 6988 Contagion: History and Culture 2 6
HSTY 6990 Genocide in Global Perspective 1 6
HSTY 6994 Globalism, Internationalism and the UN 2 6
JCTC 6908 The Australian Jewish Experience 1 6
PHIL 5921 Cosmopolitanism and Community 2 6
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Semester
Start
End
 
43
Summer Main
05 Jan
27 Feb
2010
1
Semester 1
02 Mar
10 Jun
2010
2
Semester 2
27 Jul
08 Nov
2010
Notes:
 
Department permission required
 
Department permission required. Highly recommended that this unit of study be completed during first semester of study by all non-English speaking background postgraduate students. Exceptions may be made by the relevant postgraduate coordinator and/or the unit coordinator for those NESB students who have fluent English and have completed their Bachelor award at a university where English was the medium of instruction. More Information

Further Study

 
Students who have already completed the requirements for the Master of Arts (History) and gained an average mark of 75 may apply to transfer to candidature for the Master of Letters (History). They will have completed 6 coursework units of study as a part of the requirements for the Master of Arts (History) as well as 2 units of the dissertation. Those admitted in this way undertake an 4 additional units: 2 elective units of study and 2 units of MLitt Treatise (10,000 words).
Candidates intending to use the Master of Arts (History) degree as a qualification for entry to an M.Phil or Ph.D should consult the Program Coordinator prior to enrolment.