Entry Requirements

Qualification for this programme is normally through the MPhil History programme. Students registered for the MPhil may in certain circumstances have their registration upgraded to the PhD. Such students must demonstrate an ability to cope with research at the higher level and a capacity to complete in good time.

Duration

Full-time students are allowed to complete the PhD Programme in three years.

Entry Requirements

An Upper Second or First Class degree is required, with at least eight B+s in History and Archaeology courses.

Duration

Full-time students are allowed to complete the MPhil Programme in two years.

The MA in Public History and Caribbean Heritage is designed to provide academic training for persons who wish to work or are already working in the public history and heritage sectors. Students will examine theoretical concerns and acquire practical skills in various aspects of artefact and cultural resource management. The programme will equip students to work in media and communication, tourism, museums and archives, and historic sites, while becoming proficient in the research and writing of commissioned histories and the interpretation of the Caribbean past for public audiences

Master of Arts (M.A. History)

Not currently offered

Entry Requirements: 

Applicants should possess at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree in History with very good Bs in Level II or Level III History and Archaeology courses.

Duration

Part-time students are expected to complete the programme in two academic years.
Full-time students are expected to complete the programme in one academic year.

A total of 15 credits done in levels II and III are required to complete a minor. HIST2006 and HIST2007 are compulsory. The other three courses are to be chosen from second and third level courses. 

The BA in Geography requires a minimum of 42 credits of Geography courses, at least 12 of which should be from Level I GEOG courses, and at least 30 should be from Level II and Level III GEOG or GGEO courses, of which 15 must be Level III. In addition, students must do 9 credits in FHE Electives. Students are required to complete the following courses:*

Level I

History and Journalism Majors must complete 90 credits of which at least 39 must be in the History courses, 27 in CARIMAC courses and 9 in FHE Electives. Students are required to complete the following core courses:

The Bachelor of Arts in History and International Relations is a multidisciplinary programme designed to train graduates capable of understanding the significance of the past in making sense of today’s complex, globalised world. Majors must complete 90 credits of which at least 33 must be in the History courses, 27 in Government courses and 15 credits in a foreign language.

Students are required to complete the following core courses:

History and Archaeology Majors must complete 90 credits of which, at least 39, must be in History and Archaeology courses and 9 in FHE Electives. * Each course is weighted 3 credits.