Course Structure
Attendance and Requirements
The course begins in late September of each year, and requires either full-time study for one year or part-time for two years. Students are expected to attend all taught components of the course.
Methods of Study
Students are required to attend seminars, to participate in class activities, to complete all assigned tasks and to make class presentations. They will also submit research-based essays. For the dissertation element of the degree, each student will be assigned a supervisor who will provide academic guidance on their research project.
Course Structure
The course consists of three elements – (a) major subjects of study; (b) research training and skills modules; and (c) a dissertation of 20,000 words.
- Major Subjects of Study (20 ECTS)
Students must complete one major subject of study in both Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. Each subject will be taught by means of a weekly two-hour seminar and is worth 10 ECTS credits. Availability of modules will alter from year to year and is also subject to student demand. These major subjects of study include:
- CL 7023 Classics and European Identity (Prof Anna Chahoud)
- CL 7020 The Eternal City: the Archaeology of the City of Rome (Dr Hazel Dodge)
- FR 7049 Arthurian Heroes and the Making of History (English Dept.)
- Saints and Sanctity in Ireland, Britain & Europe, 600-1500 (Dr Ann Buckley, Dr Laura Cleaver & Dr David Ditchburn)
- Emperors, Popes and the Political Problems of the Eleventh Century (Professor I S Robinson) [not available in 2011-12]
- Viking Dublin (Professor S Duffy)
- Anglo-Norman Dublin (Professor S Duffy)
- Renaissance Kingship, c.1485-1513 (Dr David Ditchburn)
- Settlement and Archaeology in Medieval Ireland (Professor Terry Barry)
- Research Training and Skills Modules (40 ECTS)
This element of the M.Phil programme is designed to introduce students to the diverse resources and methodologies that historians encounter in their research while also equipping students with the practical language and paleographical skills that are required for studying medieval history.
- HI 7106 Approaches to Historical Research: Sources and Method - HI 7138 Approaches to Historical Research: Dissertation Preparation (10 ECTS)[compulsory]
- HH 7001 Academic Skills (5 ECTS) [compulsory]
- HH 7002 Elementary Latin (10 ECTS) [normally compulsory]
- HH 7004 Reading Late Latin (5 ECTS)
- HI 7138 Palaeography (10 ECTS) [normally compulsory]
- Feminist Theories (10 ECTS) [offered by Centre for Gender Studies. If appropriate this module may be taken instead of HI7106 and HH7004]
- if appropriate, modern language modules, available at a variety of levels, may be taken instead of Latin and/or palaeography modules.
- Dissertation (30 ECTS)
The dissertation must be submitted by the last Friday in September of the year after starting (for full-time students) or two years after starting (for part-time students).