ObjectivesThis interdisciplinary degree explores critical and cultural debates across cultural disciplines, offering you the chance to examine work in a diversity of media, including print culture, painting and film.
It combines a thorough training in contemporary critical methods and debates with a diverse range of advanced study options. You will have considerable scope to configure a programme of study that meets your particular needs and interests.
The degree is aimed at people with wide-ranging, interdisciplinary interests in the humanities and those interested in contemporary theoretical debates. In consultation with tutors, you will be able to build a dynamic programme of study that allows you to follow themes and issues across different disciplines, and develop your interests accordingly.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements
Flexible: a good degree in any subject, but other qualifications will be considered.
If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent is required.
Academic titleCultural and Critical Studies (MA)
Course descriptionThe degree starts with a theoretical core course exploring key concepts, followed by a choice of advanced option modules and independent research. Options cover a range of themes and disciplines, and are not restricted to a particular historical period or national culture.
Core course: Key Concepts in Cultural and Critical Studies.
Options may include:
-Modernism and Vulgarity
-Hearing Things
-The Fate of Nature in the Synthetic Age
-Uses of Narrative
-Reading Walter Benjamin
-Gender and the Internet
-Post-Colonial Fiction
-Memory, Trauma and Cultural Identity
-Modernist Literature and Modern Art
-Modern British Poetry
-Film into Text and Text into Film
-Death, Murder and Revenge in the Early Modern World.