History (MA)

This popular and well-established programme at NUI Galway combines a thorough training in the craft of history with an exploration of the ways in which history is and has been interpreted by historians, politicians, the media, and others. It provides students with critical and analytical skills, developing their ability to carry out research and to construct their own historical arguments. 

Students may take the programme on a full-time [one year] or part-time [two years] basis. Part-time students take the programme over a two-year period, completing their research dissertation in Year Two. Some of the taught modules will be available in the evening.

Subjects in this course are:-

• Required HI509: Dissertation
• Required HI519: Sources and Resources
• Required HI503: Historical Debates & Controversies: Studies in Historiography
• Required HI6100: NGOs and the Making of the 20th Century World
• Optional HI546: Studies In The History Of Colonialism And Imperialism I
• Optional HI160: Studies in Local History
• Optional EN6121: Digital Editions and Digital Archives
• Optional SP6120: Irish Politics, North and South
• Optional HI580: Irish Contacts with Europe, 1770-1973
• Optional HI6062: People on the Move: Studying Migration