MA in Cultural Studies
This MA provides an intensive study in cultural theory and in substantive cultural studies. It is in every sense a programme in global cultural studies, both in its engagement with cultural difference and in its encounter with the geopolitics of 21st-century capitalism. By the end of the programme you will have covered a very considerable amount of high-level cultural theory.
Brian Kavanagh
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to submit by 31 May, though applications after this date may still be considered. Deadline for applicants applying for funding: 2 March.
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Degree of at least UK upper second class (or equivalent) in a related subject. If your first language is not English, you normally need a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS, or equivalent.
UK/EU students may be eligible for AHRC funding. Applications must be received by 2 March. See the following page for details: or contact James Burton at j.burton@gold.ac.uk
Around half of students completing this programme progress to PhD level, and others go into practical work – in the creative industries and in NGOs in a great number of countries.
High-level knowledge of cultural research; transferable skills within social and critical theory, aesthetics and performance, communication and multimedia; ethnography skills; critical appreciation of current debates in the media, the culture industries and the wider contemporary cultural environment.
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Centre for Cultural Studies
A core course enables you to study the most advanced theorists of and questions surrounding both the ‘new’ cultural theory of Deleuze, Negri and Agamben as well as classical British cultural studies of the tradition established by Stuart Hall. Your other core courses extend this groundwork by familiarising you further with both critical theory and methods of cultural analysis. In addition you take a range of options that introduce a material focus to complement the theory you have covered – for example, in digital and genetic media, in urban space, in the creative industries, in art and the visual culture of everyday life. You write a dissertation that consolidates this learning and prepares you for further study or engagement in the culture of today’s global capitalism.
What you study
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Written examination; essays; dissertation.
Application enquiries
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