Course summary
As a Cultural Studies MA student, you will explore an exciting range of themes that build on your existing cultural knowledge, experiences and background. These themes span a broad range, from sustainability rituals, to black identity politics, to the future of AI and geopolitical propaganda. We are committed to interrogating established frameworks of knowledge through our attempts to understand cultural sites, artefacts, values and practices and their representations. We also offer the chance to gain hands-on experience with the recovery and, digital transcription and editing of historical cultural texts such as magazines. You will undertake a special study of evolving cultural forms, including fashion, food, music and (digital) futures, analysing the way in which values emerge and artefacts and change in response to social and cultural pressures. We are specifically interested in representations of power and resistance as well as cultures of crisis, including climate, existential, financial and political. Students will be encouraged to develop new specialist interests and research skills in the context of inter- and multi-disciplinary Cultural Studies which will culminate in an independent dissertation. Your dissertation will allow you to specialise in a subject of your own choosing, and work with individual guidance from an academic expert to produce a piece of ambitious cultural research. This taught postgraduate programme is particularly suitable for anyone with an undergraduate degree in one of the following: Media, Film, Sociology, Politics, or History. Key features
- Specialise in your chosen subject within the inter- and multidisciplinary environment of Cultural Studies
- Study the complexity and evolution of cultural values, artefacts, rituals and practices
- Learn to critically reflect upon and evaluate your own cultural background, norms and tastes
- Debate the relationship between culture, power and representation
- Examine the politics and cultural manifestations of resistance
- Develop your research skills to postgraduate standard, equipping you for professional research or application for doctoral study
- Gain relevant work experience while you study
- Join the thriving research culture of the School of Humanities and gain experience presenting your work at a postgraduate conference
Assessment method
A full outline of assessment methods and weightings, mapped against Learning Outcomes, grade descriptors, and assessment dates is published in the MA course handbook with further, specific details included in module guides. The course team are committed to a policy of timely and consistent feedback. You will have opportunities to receive formative feedback in the classroom through seminar activities including quizzes and debates. They will also be able to attend assignment workshops and 1-2-1 tutorials to receive formative feedback on assignment plans. In HUMS4012, you will have the opportunity to respond to a weekly discussion forum where themes and topics can be discussed before submission of a summative assignment.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree (2.2 or above) and a significant interest in education and/or equivalent professional qualifications, experience and evidence of continuing professional development
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ