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Politics & Contemporary History
|MA
|Part Time, Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenSTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
The core modules for this course are:
- The Evolution of British Government since 1945;
- British Political History since 1945;
- Dissertation.
Indicative non-core content
In addition to the core modules, students choose four modules from:
- The British Constitution in Crisis, 1910-2010;
- British Political History, 1895-1945;
- Anglo-American Relations since 1945;
- The European Union: History, Institutions, Identities;
- UK Government and the Constitution: Reform and Modernisation;
- History & Policy;
- History in Practice (research methods and historiography).
Students may also choose any other relevant module offered in the College with the programme leader's approval.
Students also research and write a 15,000 word supervised dissertation.
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
Modules are taught by subject specialists in small seminars, with students giving regular presentations, assessed principally by essays.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Professor Robert Blackburn
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand campus.
Student destinations
Academia, politics, journalism, civil service.
Year of entry 2013
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