Category:English Language and Literature
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English Literature and History BA Honours: Course summary: This course allows you to combine the study of literary texts with the study of history. It enables you to gain a command of the social and political circumstances in which the writing of literature...
Category:Literature
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English Literature and French BA Honours: Course summary: At Westminster we train competent linguists in modern languages ready to enter graduate employment. We place particular emphasis on employability and the contemporary cultural context, and offer high-quality...
Category:Creative Writing
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BA English Literature and Creative Writing This course combines the study of literary and non-literary texts in English with the development of your own skills in writing creatively. The study of texts and their background in the history of ideas informs your...
Category:English Language and Literature
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Course summary: This course considers English literary texts against their background in the history of ideas, the other arts and British culture. It aims to make the most of our central London location – in the midst of galleries, museums, cinemas and theatres,...
Category:Linguistics
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English Language and Linguistics BA Honours: Course summary: This course allows you to study the historical and cultural aspects of the English language, while improving your range of productive skills and awareness of English as a linguistic system and a...
Category:English Language and Literature
Study mode:At the institution
Course summary: The combination of English language and English literature will appeal if you are interested in the reciprocity between language study and the reading of literary texts. It is a course that prepares you for detailed textual reading from both...
Category:Creative Writing
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Category:Religion
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Religious Studies (PhD / MPhil) The PhD/MPhil in Religious Studies is intended to provide the opportunity for good quality, innovative research in the field of religion, culture and society. As part of the growing research culture in religion and contemporary...
Category:Political Science
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American Politics (MSc / MRes) The United States of America is the world’s leading economic and military power, and an influential cultural force globally. Few nations are unaffected by American political and economic decisions, and the ‘American Dream’ continues...
Category:Religion
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Islamic Studies (MA / Postgraduate Diploma) This programme provides a comprehensive study of Islam. It leads students to explore the beliefs and practices of Muslims, its plurality, discuss theological, juridical and philisophical approaches; learn about the history...
Category:Political Science
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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (MSc / MRes) The vast majority of wars in the world today involve ethnic conflict within states. In the West, majority groups bemoan a loss of national identity while minority nations press for devolution or independence. Religious...
Category:Linguistics
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Applied Linguistics (PhD / MPhil) At PhD/MPhil level, we aim for students to make the transition into fully-fledged, independent academic researchers, with the skills necessary to present their research orally as well as in writing, in addition to pushing back...
Category:Linguistics
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Applied Linguistics (MRes) This MRes is recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for its research training in applied linguistics. It will prepare you for substantial and independent research, leading eventually to a doctoral degree. You will...
Category:Cultural Studies
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Humanities and Cultural Studies (PhD / MPhil) This degree is a three-year full-time programme taught by the London Consortium, which brings together five internationally renowned institutions: the Architectural Association School of Architecture, Birkbeck, the...
Category:History
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World History (MA) This unique MA programme explores the making of the modern world from a global point of view. It focuses on the rapidly developing connections between different human societies from the later eighteenth century and the emergence of novel cultures,...
Category:History
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Medieval History (MA) The period commonly known as the ‘Middle Ages’ stretches from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. This MA will introduce you to a variety of topics within this broad span of time, and will allow you to pursue independent research...
Category:History
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History (PhD / MPhil) A research degree offers students the opportunity to acquire a highly advanced set of conceptual skills developed in the pursuit of new knowledge, which can be applied within or beyond an academic or scholarly context. Research training in...
Category:History
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History of Ideas (MA) How can we understand the ‘lived reality of ideas’, and how can the study of the history of ideas help us to interpret past societies and individual thinkers? Intellectual history is a dynamic and expanding field, and this new MA will enable...
Category:History
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Historical Research (MA) This degree will provide you with the advanced conceptual, theoretical and technical skills necessary for PhD research in history. The degree critically examines problems of historical theory and practice, with emphasis on debates around...
Category:History
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Contemporary History and Politics (MA) This degree aims to give you a deeper understanding of the recent past and the contemporary world. Using a combination of historical and theoretical approaches, it lays a strong emphasis on the historical analysis of the...
