Making full use of the wide spectrum of specialist areas covered by members of the School of History at St. Andrews, the programme invites postgraduate historians to work intensively in a variety of subject areas while achieving a steady progression in core fields such as historiography and methodology.
The programme is designed in a way that maximises choice. This allows students either to specialise in a particular area (e.g. French History, German History, Transnational History, American History) or to gain a broader introduction to the study of History at postgraduate level.
The course is open to students with an undergraduate degree in History or to those who can demonstrate an equivalent level of historical training.
The following programmes are available:
- Graduate Diploma: a nine-month programme comprising three taught modules (September to May)
- M.Litt.: successful completion of the Graduate Diploma plus a 15,000-word dissertation to be completed by the end of August.
- M.Phil.: a two-year programme successful completion of the Graduate Diploma plus a 40,000-word dissertation
