Course summary

This degree is part of an interdisciplinary MA suite, combining specialisms you may have studied previously with areas that might be new to you, opening up careers in the creative, educational, heritage, and media industries. Working across different disciplines, such as History, English and Creative Writing as well as Media, Journalism and Film, means that you benefit from staff expertise and industry contacts in all of them. You’ll discuss ideas with people from a range of backgrounds and viewpoints. This adds up to a stimulating and creative student experience, with the chance to learn and do new, challenging and worthwhile things. Having developed skills on the Methods and Approaches module, your keystone assignment will be your Major Project, a significant piece of independent research, culminating in a written output. This might include long-form journalistic writing, a series of features, travel writing, film studies critical writing, biography, fan studies, or an industry report on audience/user research. The project can be on a topic of the student's choice. We work closely with partners to put your skills and knowledge into practice. This includes working with the on-campus archive, Heritage Quay (including our Ted Hughes collection), the on-site Holocaust Centre North, and nearby literary heritage organisations and museums. Our modules have been designed with innovation at their core to enable students to become inspiring and enterprising global professionals, an aspiration for all our students at the University. There is lots of choice in the format and content of your assignments, allowing you to pursue existing passions and discover new ones.