131-434 Reading Course

This subject is compulsory for pure honours students and optional for students taking combined honours with a thesis in history. It is not available to students taking combined honours and writing a thesis in another discipline.

Usually admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in history or gender studies.

This subject involves a study of theoretical, empirical or historiographical issues broadly related to the thesis topic and conducted through extensive reading, decided by the student in conjunction with the supervisor. The subject should enhance the student's powers of independent inquiry, should encourage initiative in self-directed research, and should strengthen the student's capacities in theoretical analysis and argument.

Written work totalling 5000 words.