Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required Modules
You are required to take:
- Encountering the Medieval (30 credits)
- Researching the Medieval (15 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
If you are a part-time student, you will take all ‘Encountering the Medieval’ and ‘Researching the Medieval’ in Year 1 and your dissertation in Year 2.
Optional Modules
In addition, you are required to take two out of a selection of skills modules, which may typically include:
- Ages of Medieval London (15 credits)
- Skills for Medievalists: Palaeography (15 credits)
- Early English Vernacular Manuscripts (15 credits)
- Latin Beginner or Intermediate level (15 credits)
- Medieval Latin Literature (30 credits)
- Language module (15 credits)
And optional modules to a value of 45 credits, from a list which may typically include:
- Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Europe (15 credits)
- Official and Unofficial Religion (15 credits)
- The Arthurian Tradition in Literature and History (15 credits)
- The Languages of Politics (15 credits)
- Palaeography across the sea: Britain and Ireland, 600-1200 CE (15 credits)
- Archives of Old English Poetry (15 credits)
- The Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages (15 credits)
- The Environment and the Economy in Late Medieval Europe (15 credits)
- Contemporary Medieval (15 credits)
If you are a part-time student, you will take one of your skills modules and two of your optional modules in Year 1. You will take your other skills module and your final optional module in Year 2
Teaching methods - what to expect
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026