History
Specialisation: National history
Academic degree: Master of Science (MSc)
Study period: full-time – 2 years, part-time – 2 years, 6 months
The master’s programme in History prepares graduates for a wide range of professional paths including academic research in historical studies, analytical work in public policy and governance, teaching history and social sciences, as well as organizing educational and ideological engagement initiatives in schools and workplaces. Graduates are also qualified to provide expert consulting on historical topics and issues.
Entrance Examinations
  • Admission requirements for international applicants:
    An interview assessing language proficiency and foundational knowledge relevant to the programme.
Educational programme
History
  • Modernization processes in the modern and contemporary era
  • Socio-cultural anthropology
  • Methodology of historical research
  • Methodological foundations of history teaching in higher education
  • Project management in historical education and research
  • Theory of ethnogenesis in modern historiography
  • Historical demography of Belarus
  • Historical and social memory
  • Historical sociology
  • Module: Traditions and innovations in the study of belarusian history
  • Institutionalization of historical science in Belarus
  • Scientific methods in archaeology
  • Module: Research work
  • Pedagogy and psychology of higher education
  • Philosophy and methodology of science
  • Basics of information technologies
  • Foreign language
Career prospects
  • Educational institutions
  • Government authorities
  • Research institutions
  • Cultural institutions
  • The field of journalism, media, and publicist activities

History
Professional competencies
  • Scientific cognitive techniques in research activities
  • Research and innovative tasks
  • Communicating in a foreign language in an educational environment
  • Comparative analysis of advanced achievements in the field of historical knowledge
  • Development of human society and its patterns
  • Key political and economic processes of nations and regions in historical retrospectives
  • Systematization and classification of Social and ethnocultural processes and their impact on the historical development of society
  • Analytical and simulation models for historical education and science management