European Culture and Thought: Culture MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

The programme aims to equip students with the skills, methods, concepts and theories essential for most fields of European culture, society and thought, encompassing the events, traditions and texts of the entire continent. Students learn how to present material effectively, to analyse texts critically and to construct coherent arguments.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

Two pathways are offered: Taught and Research. The Taught pathway consists of two core modules (60 credits) four optional modules (60 credits), and a dissertation (60 credits). The Research pathway consists of two core modules (60 credits), two optional modules (30 credits), and a dissertation (90 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma, two core modules (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits), full-time nine months or part-time two years is offered.

A Postgraduate Certificate, two core modules (60 credits), full-time three months, part-time six months, is offered.

• Theoretical Issues in History and Literature
• Topics in Cultural Studies

Students on the Taught pathway select four, and students on the Research pathway select two, of the following optional modules:

• Modern Literary Theory
• Comparative Literature Studies
• Social Theory
• Topics in Cultural Studies
• Graduate modules from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities
• Graduate modules from the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences
• Graduate modules from the School of Slavonic & East European Studies (SSEES)

All MA students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 12,000-words (Taught pathway) or 18,000-words (Research pathway).

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials. All students receive guidance on how to identify, locate and use material available in libraries and archives. Students are assessed through a combination of coursework in the form of essays, unseen written examinations and the dissertation.