12 months full time; 24 months part time
Fees per academic year 2013-14
UK and EU: full time £5,500 part time £2,750
International: full time £11,500 part time fees
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
This programme is an exciting opportunity to study the history of Europe through its history of conflict. The social, political and military dimensions of conflict are explored and you are taught by historians whose expertise of continental Europe ranges from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. In addition you develop research skills and techniques, including learning a foreign language, and have opportunities to employ the methodologies and concepts used by historians of different European countries.
This programme covers the military, social (public and private) and political dimensions of conflict and its impact upon national and European cultures. The history of culture and mentality is explored alongside political and military history to develop a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which conflicts have been prepared, imagined, lived, represented, remembered and narrated. You take compulsory modules and optional modules, of which language learning is a compulsory component. The taught modules are delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, individual tutorials and self-directed learning.
You then complete a dissertation on a chosen period of a specific European country.
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Normally an upper-second-class Honours degree, or international equivalent, in history, or a Joint or Combined Honours degree with history. Other degree qualifications may be considered where appropriate, especially where essay-based work formed the written component of the undergraduate programme (for example, in literature or geography); or from a related evidence-based discipline (for example, in politics or law). Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 7.0 in writing) or equivalent.
Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 7.0 in writing) or equivalent. Please note that there is no route into the programme via pre-sessional English language courses.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.
International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
Students should consult their employers for sponsorship opportunities.
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There is no closing date for this programme. However, international students applying for September 2013 entry should apply by Friday 12 July 2013 to ensure that they have time to put appropriate arrangements in place.
Please note: As a formal condition of the offer to study at Newcastle University, students from outside the UK/EU are required to pay a deposit of £1,500 or submit an official letter of sponsorship for their chosen programme. The deposit payment is non refundable, but will be deducted from tuition fees upon registration.
For further information please contact:
Sandra Fletcher
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7966
E-mail: pg.historical@ncl.ac.uk
This programme is within the subject area of History.