Университет Брунеля, MA, Modern World History

It is expected that students for this programme have a 1st or 2.1 degree in a relevant subject; although in exceptional circumstances students with qualifications in non-related subjects can be considered.

The course examines the transnational influences, connections and conflicts that intersect in world history; it seeks to foster a holistic approach to historical problems that had cross-cultural effects on people in many parts of the globe; the course is offered with the combined elements of political, economic, social, cultural, demographic and intellectual history; and these historical underpinnings of world history are presented in an interdisciplinary manner; among the historians at Brunel University are experts on the history of the United States; the Caribbean; Australia; China; Russia; and the United Kingdom whose scholarship is an integral part of this offering at Master's level.