COURSES
Queen Mary, University of London
University of Exeter Department of Lifelong Learning
The University of
Exeter offers a wide range of History courses, from day schools to degrees
including accredited distance learning programmes which can be studied from
home.
For more details please visit our website at http://www.ex.ac.uk/dll
Or contact the Dept on 01392 262828 email dlteam@ex.ac.uk
DLL, University of Exeter, St Luke’s Campus, Heavitree Rd, Exeter, EX1
2LU
CERTIFICATE IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LOCAL HISTORY
Are you interested
in:
• Learning more about the history of Kent
• Working with other local history enthusiasts
• Researching documents and other local sources
• Studying towards a university qualification
The Certificate in the Theory and Practice of Local History is designed to
meet all these interests and more. The only qualifications required are enthusiasm
and an interest in local history.
Students who register for the certificate are introduced to both the ways
that local history is written and how to do it themselves, through a wide
range of modules which also provide opportunities for:
• working with original sources
• field work
• pursuing individual interests (within particular topics such as family,
oral or maritime history)
The certificate is a two year programme which runs at Canterbury, Tonbridge
and Chatham. Students may take modules at any of the three centres.
On successful completion of the certificate students may progress to the next
stage of either the part-time or full-time degree programme. Students with
a particular interest in local history may be particularly interested in the
Diploma in Kentish History.
Further information from: the Programme Director, Dr Elizabeth Edwards (01227
827859, email:E.C.Edwards@ukc.ac.uk),
or The School of History, Rutherford College, The University, Canterbury,
Kent CT2 7NX (01227 823837) or visit the School of History website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN LOCAL HISTORY via the Internet
Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education
A one-year distance learning programme offering an opportunity to study for an Oxford University qualification, using teaching material over the Internet with the full support of a personal tutor.
POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN ENGLISH LOCAL HISTORY
University of Leicester Centre for English Local History
M.A. Degree in English
Local History,
At the famous Centre for English Local History,
University of Leicester.
Founded by the pioneer of landscape studies, Professor W.G. Hoskins, with
internationally renowned staff, this highly ranked postgraduate Centre offers
an M.A. in English Local History (part-time or full-time), plus higher research
degrees (M.Phil. and Ph.D.) on the local history of any part of England and
Wales.
For further details please contact:
The Secretary, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester,
Marc Fitch House, 5 Salisbury Road, Leicester, LE1 7QR.
'phone: 0116 2522762
fax: 0116 2525769
Web pages at: http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/
Send for a brochure (e-mail: elhinfo@le.ac.uk)
UNDERGRADUATE
AND POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT COURSES IN HISTORY
(Full-time only at undergraduate level)
Queen
Mary, University of London, Department of History
Undergraduate Degrees (BA)
• History
• Medieval History
• Modern and Contemporary History
• Journalism and Contemporary History
• History and Film Studies
• History and Politics
• English and History
• History and French
• History and German Language
MA Programmes
(full-time over one year or part-time over two years)
• MA in Metropolis and Empire
• MA in Film and Communication
• MA in Intellectual and Cultural History
• Twentieth Century History MA to commence in 2004
Of special interest to those based in London and interested in Local History
may be our MA in Metropolis and Empire. The course discusses the relationship
between the Metropolis (particularly London) and the Empire (particularly
the British Empire) in the colonial and post-colonial periods (1700-2000).
It is an interdisciplinary programme drawing on approaches from geography,
history, and literature. We look at the economy, politics, society, art and
architecture, and literature of the imperial power and of the territories
under its control. The entry requirement is a first degree with first or upper-second
class honours in the broad fields of Humanities or Geography. We actively
encourage applications from suitably qualified applicants who have developed
an interest in any aspect of imperial and/or metropolitan history, cultural
or historical geography, cultural history, or colonial or postcolonial literature.
For further information and contact details please telephone
020 7882 3192 (History Office)
or see:
www.history.qmul.ac.uk
PART-TIME LOCAL HISTORY COURSES
University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education
The Centre for Continuing
Education (CCE) at the University of Sussex offers innovative, accessible
and stimulating part-time local history courses. All CCE courses carry higher
education credit and have
no formal entrance requirements. Fee waivers or concessions may be available
to those on low incomes or benefits.
If you'd like to get a taste of what it's like to study at University there
are two 'Exploring' courses starting in June 2003: 'Exploring Brighton and
Hove' and 'Exploring Medieval Churches in West Sussex'. These are taught as
four linked dayschools on Fridays or Saturdays.
CCE offers a wide range of short courses (mostly running for 10 or 20 sessions)
starting this autumn both on campus and at the venues of our educational partners
across Sussex, including: 'From the Boers to the Beatles: Worthing in the
Twentieth Century', 'Cuckfield Local History', 'Brighton and Hove House History:
Architecture and Style', 'A Grand Tour of Georgian and Regency Indulgence'
and 'Sussex and the First World War'.
The part-time Local History Certificate is taught on Wednesday evenings over
2 years. The overall aim is to equip you with the skills and tools to carry
out independent research backed up by theoretical frameworks and to contribute
to the common pool of knowledge on both a given locality and the national
scene. Credits from this certificate may be used towards the part-time BA
in Landscape Studies (Local History).
For more information and a prospectus telephone 01273 678040, email cce@sussex.ac.uk
or visit www.sussex.ac.uk/cce