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MA in History???

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  • 24-09-2010 11:13am
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    Lawa22
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    Hey all!!

    I'm doing my hdip at the moment and one of my subjects isnt taught in all schools, actually only a select few. My question is if I were to do a masters in History even though my subjects are italian and english would I be qualifed to teach history with a masters in it? Any help at all would be great! thanks!


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    Lockstep
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    Do you've any history in your undergrad?
    As far as I know, having an MA in history doesn't qualify you to teach history, if I remember rightly, e 1/3 of your undergrad needs to be history for you to be able to teach it (with a H.Dip)


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    Plautus
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    You also wouldn't qualify for the MA without a 2.2. (at least) in a cognate discipline such as Politics, Law, Economics, Sociology or something along those lines (and history is preferred.)

    There's also a Masters Qualifying Exam, which is an entrance exam for non-History students without a cognate discipline, but that's a lot of bother just to get onto a course that merely builds on historiographical concepts and factual knowledge/document based skills that are inculcated in history undergrads. A quicker way to get an accreditation to teach history would be to do the HDip in History.


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