English: Issues in Modern Culture MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

33,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This MA programme provides the opportunity to explore some of the most exciting and challenging works written in English, by writers from across the world, from c.1900 to the present – along with major artistic achievements in film, music and popular culture. It provides contexts for understanding these works in relation to historical, social, political, philosophical and technological developments of the period.

The programme explores a range of media, forms and genres using a variety of scholarly approaches, and encourages the development of independent research skills. The Modern Literature and Culture module encourages close reading of works by writers of the period, while the Critical Contexts and the Special Topics modules offer the opportunity to analyse technologies, media, philosophical perspectives and art forms underpinning writing from c.1900 to the present.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of the following modules: Modern Literature and Culture (60 credits), Critical Contexts (30 credits) and two Special Topics modules (15 credits each), and a 12,000 word research dissertation (60 credits).

Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a MA in English: Issues in Modern Culture.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This MA programme provides the opportunity to explore some of the most exciting and challenging works written in English, by writers from across the world, from c.1900 to the present – along with major artistic achievements in film, music and popular culture. It provides contexts for understanding these works in relation to historical, social, political, philosophical and technological developments of the period.

The programme explores a range of media, forms and genres using a variety of scholarly approaches, and encourages the development of independent research skills. The Modern Literature and Culture module encourages close reading of works by writers of the period, while the Critical Contexts and the Special Topics modules offer the opportunity to analyse technologies, media, philosophical perspectives and art forms underpinning writing from c.1900 to the present.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of the following modules: Modern Literature and Culture (60 credits), Critical Contexts (30 credits) and two Special Topics modules (15 credits each), and a 12,000 word research dissertation (60 credits).

Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a MA in English: Issues in Modern Culture.

Admission Requirements

185+
3.3+
7+
69+
100+
A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard will normally be required. This is a competitive MA, however, and the majority of our successful applicants either have, or are predicted to gain, a first class undergraduate degree (or overseas equivalent).

1 Year
Sep

Domestic
16,000 GBP
International
33,000 GBP

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