Cultural and Critical Studies (MA)

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Birkbeck, University of London

Comments about Cultural and Critical Studies (MA) - At the institution - London - Greater London

• Objectives
  This 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 requirements
  Entry 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 title
  Cultural and Critical Studies (MA)
• Course description
  The 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.
  
  Dissertation, due end of September.
  

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