MA in Cultural Studies
Duration: Full time - 1 year Part time - 2 or 3 years
Overview
Minimum Entry Requirements: Equivalent of a UK 2:1 degree
Start of programme: September intake only
This Cultural Studies programme focuses on Asian, African and Middle Eastern cultures. The core course will introduce a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the literature, film and media of these areas. It also complements the Comparative Literature and Gender programmes by offering a focus on anthropological, political, sociological, media, gender and Cultural Studies, as well as cultural theories. The programme will consist of courses valued at 3 units and a dissertation of 10,000 words. Full-time students will be allowed to enrol for four courses during term one (part-time students two or three), if one of the courses is a language acquisition course. At the end of term one they will have to withdraw from one, leaving three courses (pro rata for part-time students) and a dissertation.
Structure
The Programme will consist of courses valued at 3 units and a dissertation of 10,000 words.
Full-time students will be allowed to enrol for four units during term one (part-time students two or three), if one of the courses is a language acquisition unit. At the end of term one they will have to withdraw from a course, leaving courses to the value of three units (pro rata for part-time students) and a dissertation.
Core Courses
Optional units to be chosen from the following groups (maximum courses to the value of 2 units from Group A, and maximum 1 unit from Group B or C):
Group A. English-based units
- 15PAFC125: Selected Topics in African Literature
- 15PEAH013: Japanese Traditional Drama (0.5 unit) (term 1)
- 15PEAH012: Modern Japanese Literature (0.5 unit) (term 2)
- 15PCHC002: Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
- 15PCHH001: Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (0.5 unit) (term 1)
- 15PCHH002: Modern Film From Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora (0.5 unit) (term 2)
- 15PCHC004: Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
- 15PAFC124: Literatures in African Languages
- 15PEAC054: Survey of Korean Literature
- 15PSAC284: Literatures of South Asia
- 15PNMC002: Modern Arabic Literature and the West
- 15PNMC230: Film and Society in the Middle East
- 15PSEH008: Post-crisis Thai Cinema (1997-2007) (0.5 unit) (term 1)
- 15PSEH004: Southeast Asia on screen (0.5 unit)
- 15PSEH009: War, Revolution, Independence in South East Asian Literatures in Translation (Masters) (0.5 unit) (term 1) (Available as a major)
- 15PSEH010: Postcolonialism and Otherness in SEA on Screen (half unit) (Available as a major)
- 15PSEH011: Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film (half unit) (Available as major)
The following are half-units and must be taken jointly (minor only):
- 15PAFH006: Aspects Of African Film And Video 1 (0.5 unit) (Term 1)
- 15PAFH007: Aspects Of African Film And Video 2 (0.5 unit) (Term 2)
The following are half-units and must be taken jointly (minor only):
- 15PMSH017: Japanese Transnational Cinema: from Kurosawa and Asia Extreme to Studio Ghibli(0.5 unit) (Term 1)
- 15PMSH001: Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-garde (0.5 unit) (Term 2)
The following are half-units and must be taken jointly:
- 15PSAH001: Indian Cinema: its history and social context (0.5 unit) (Term 1)
- 15PSAH002: Indian Cinema: key issues (0.5 unit) (Term 2)
Group B. One African or Asian Language unit or one Language-based MA Literature/Film/Media unit may be included as one of the options.
See the relevant language department website for course lists.
Group C. One theory unit may be included as an option
- 15PGNC002: Gender Theory and the Study of Asia and Africa
- 15PSAC019: Postcolonial Theory and Practice
- 15PSAC279: Theory and Techniques of Comparative Literature
