Introduction

The MA in History, with emphasis on research, is intended to cover a fundamental need for academic and cultural development of the region. It provides a theoretical and research learning that contributes to the knowledge of the different historical and social processes of the region and the country as part of nation building, from a political, economical, social, cultural, educational and environmental perspective. The Master also delves into the various aspects of the complex process of the historian: the production of historical knowledge, historiographical reflection, the use and ownership of the archives, the various modes of scientific production, multicultural and interdisciplinary studies; as well as in the teaching, the research dissemination and the promotion of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The program is divided into four semesters and it deals with the creation of a theoretical and historical contextualization that allows research processes within a relational and critic perspective, and whose support is in three lines and three research groups with academic and research tradition both regionally and nationally. These are: Environmental History (Management in Culture and Environmental Education Group), Social and Political History (Policies, sociability and Historical Representations Education Group) and History of Education (Pedagogical and Educational research Group)

This Master has established an academic agreement with the French Institute of Andean Studies (IFEA), so the courses will have international experts in the various issues addressed in the curriculum.

Profile

Graduates of the Master in History may develop the following career fields:

• Researcher of local and regional problems and issues of human sciences that can have a methodological and theoretical support in history.
• Qualified Teachers (in higher education) in disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of history.
• Project Manager and developer of cultural programs in both the private and official sector, aimed at rescuing the tangible and intangible heritage of the nation.

Objectives

• To train researchers in the field of history, from the experience of the groups and the research interests of the Master.
• To promote local and regional historical research in the framework of political, economic and social processes of the nation.
• To encourage historical research in the field of education and pedagogy.
• Strengthen knowledge and historical research on cultural and ethnic diversity at the regional level.