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Full time & Part time September MA 1 year full time, 2 years part time
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Are you passionate about cultural studies and eager to explore the critical and transformative potential of creative and critical work in the arts and humanities? Look no further than our MA programme in Critical and Cultural Theory. Delving into the major traditions of cultural theory, this postgraduate degree offers a rigorous and analytical context to shape your thinking. From close reading and textuality to issues of modernity, postmodernity, and postcolonialism, you'll gain a deep understanding of cultural criticism, reception, and production. With a 2:1 bachelor's degree in humanities or social science, you'll be well-equipped for a variety of careers in curating, journalism, academia, and more.

About the course

This postgraduate degree takes a philosophical, theoretical and historical approach to cultural studies, exploring the work of cultural criticism, reception and production through a constellation of radically original critical paradigms. The degree is necessarily interdisciplinary and leads to a wide spectrum of applications and opportunities.

We draw upon the major traditions of cultural theory, including semiology, feminism and gender theory, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, and Frankfurt School theories of the aesthetic, the media and technology. Other important critical references are postcolonial and critical race theory, as well as posthumanism and ecocriticism.

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Entry Requirements

You’ll need a bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) or equivalent qualification in a humanities or social science subject, such as History, Literature, Languages, Art History, Philosophy, Sociology, or Media or in a practice-based Arts subject where your degree included a significant proportion of historical and theoretical studies.


Fees

UK: £11,500 (Total)
International: £24,500 (Total)

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Scholarships

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Value of Scholarship(s)

£1,000

Eligibility

These awards are for international students who will be joining the School in September 2020.

Application Procedure

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