MA Cultural and Critical Studies: University of Westminster

Introduction

This interdisciplinary course offers the opportunity for the advanced study of critical and cultural debates across a range of areas such as the literary, visual and historical fields. The course will interest students with wide-ranging interests in the humanities and those interested in contemporary theoretical debates. Modules are offered from a number of different disciplines, enabling you to construct a programme of study in which you can follow particular themes in the areas that most interest you. The course team consists of staff specialising in English, visual culture, history, philosophy, gender studies, urban studies and critical theory.

Course Content

The course consists of two core modules: Problems and Perspectives in Cultural Studies and Capitalism and Culture that establish a framework for the close analysis of the locations, products and systems of culture. The dissertation of 10–12,000 words is also a core module, and can be written on an appropriate topic of your choice.

Options choose four from:

• Interpreting Spaces
• Urban Cultures
• The Suburban Century
• Politics of Culture in China
• Reading the 1990s
• Reading the Nation
• Representing World Cultures
• Creative Digital Technology
• Sexuality and Narrative.
• There is also an optional work placement module.

Associated Careers

The course is intended to provide you with sophisticated critical skills and a widely applicable knowledge base. This enables further study at MPhil or PhD levels, but is also relevant to a range of professions in the creative and cultural industries.

Entry Requirements

• You are normally required to have a good first degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• If your first language is not English you must have an IELTS Certificate with a score of 7.0 in each area, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of competence.