• Programme aims
• Programme content
• Entry requirements
• Awards
• Fees

Programme aims

The programme aims to provide students with knowledge and skills relating to:

• Current debates in history and their significance for the study of past childhoods and youth
• source material for the study of childhood and youth; image-based research
• the impact of race, class and gender in shaping the experiences of childhood and youth
• the experiences of children and young people in the twentieth century
• ethical issues in researching childhood.

Programme content

Students study the modules below and complete a dissertation.

• The Child and Youth in History: New Perspectives and New Themes
• Textual Representations of Children and Childhood, 1800-2000
• Childhood and Youth in an Age of Domestic and Global Conflict
• Childhood and Youth in the City: Race, Class, Gender and Life Experience

The programme is linked to a European funded project involving four universities. This project has developed a website for use on the programme.

Programme entry requirements

For an overview of the entry requirements, please refer to the "Admission requirements" page.

Students are required to have achieved a good honours degree.

Awards

On successful completion of the programme students will be awarded a Master of Arts degree. The programme is also offered as an MPhil where students study three modules and complete an extended dissertation.

Fees*

1st Year

* Fees correct as of 23rd November 2007

Fees for full-time and part-time programmes of study for students commencing in 2008-09. Fees for subsequent years of study are likely to increase. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon being offered a place.

2nd Year

* Fees correct as of 23rd November 2007

Fees for part-time programmes of study for students commencing in 2008-09. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon re-registering for their 2nd year.