M.A. History
Course Details :
The Master of Arts in History (M.A.History) is a 2-year postgraduate course that is offered in India. Obtaining a Master of Arts in History degree is a great option for those looking to further study the globe’s great events, personalities, progressions, and time periods. Earning an advanced history degree can help expedite a successful and profitable career as a teacher, professor, museum curator, historian, TNPSC and UPSC job seeker, researcher, or any number of related positions.
This advanced degree program helps students further develop their critical thinking, independent research, and writing skills in an effort to gain knowledge and advance their careers across a variety of disciplines. Students who successfully complete a Master of Arts in History program have the educational foundation necessary for pursuing independent research projects, analyzing historical documents and arguments, creating bibliographies from an assortment of different resources and mediums, and writing essays, research papers, and book reviews with historical focuses..
Advanced history degree holders are prepared for employment in a wide variety of sectors, including, but not limited to, education, government service, preservation, and museum and archive management. Graduates of History M.A. programs are also prepared to take on additional degree work in history, law, business, and other related fields.
Students who pursue an M.A. in History can work in various sectors like journalism, publishing, education, Public administration, tourism or heritage management, other government jobs, etc.
Duration : 2 Years [Divided into 4 semesters.]
Eligibility : Bachelor’s degree in History
Sanctioned Strength : 30
Syllabus (Choice Based Credit System)
Subject Status | Subject Title |
Core | History of Tamil Nadu upto 1565 AD |
Core | History of India upto 712AD |
Core | History of Europe from 476 to 1453AD |
Core | History of world civilization upto 1453AD (excluding India) |
Elective-1 | Principles and Methods of Archaeology |
Elective-2 | Indian Public Administration since 1947 |
Subject Status | Subject Title |
Core | History of Tamil Nadu from 1565 to 1987AD |
Core | History of India from 712 to 1765 AD |
Core | History of Europe from 1453 to 1789AD |
Core | History of England upto 1688 A.D |
Elective-3 (Any one) |
1.History of Russia from 1689 to 1964AD 2.History of Japan upto 1965 3.History of the Arabs from 570 to 1258AD |
Subject Status | Subject Title |
Core | History of India 1765 AD -1947 AD |
Core | History of England ( 1688-1958 AD) |
Core | History of Europe 1789 A.D -1945 AD |
Core | Historiography- Theory and Methods |
Elective (Choose any two) |
History of USA (1776 -1865 AD), Human Rights, Panchayat Raj |
Subject Status | Subject Title |
Core | History of India since 1947A.D |
Core | History of USA 1865-1945 AD |
Core | History of China 1839-1964 AD |
Core | History of Political Thought. |
Core | Project |
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