MA Holocaust Studies: The University of Manchester

MA Holocaust Studies (Pathway of MA European Languages & Cultures)

Course description

The MA Holocaust Studies pathway aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the ethical, aesthetic, cultural and theological questions arising from the Holocaust. The programme is open both to students with prior knowledge of a modern continental European language at undergraduate degree level and to students without such knowledge. Specialisms include the question of artistic representation of the Nazi atrocities in literature and film, the study of life histories affected by the Holocaust, the responses by German-speaking intellectuals to Nazi politics, and the impact of the Shoah on post-war Jewish culture and religion across the Western world.

The MA also provides a thorough grounding in critical theoretical approaches to literary and cultural studies, and makes students conversant with the methods of scholarly research in the humanities and with the resources necessary for that research.

Course aims

The course aims to:

• make students fully conversant with the methods of scholarly research in a humanities discipline and the resources necessary for such research.
• equip students for further study and research.
• provide graduates holding a first degree in a modern European language or languages with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the literature and culture of one or more areas where these languages are spoken.
• provide a thorough grounding in modern critical theoretical approaches to literary and cultural studies.
• provide for graduates without a first degree in a modern European language a programme of study that introduces them to the study of the literature and culture of one or more areas within Europe and/or Latin America, and to be familiar with key primary texts from these areas in translation.

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: An upper second class Honours degree, or the overseas equivalent. The course is open to students with no prior knowledge of a continental European language. The course attracts graduates in modern languages and cultures who wish to broaden their area studies expertise at postgraduate level as well as social science and history graduates who wish to specialise in Holocaust Studies.

English language: Students whose first language is not English require an overall IELTS score of 7.0 with 7.0 in the writing component or a TOEFL score of 600 (paper-based test), 250 (computer-based test) or 100 (internet-based test).