Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

£ 10,140 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

The Italian Studies MA is a pathway in the faculty-wide MA in Language, Culture and History, offering an extensive range of modules in Italian literature, history and literary theory. Students can take this flexible, interdisciplinary programme as self-contained study or as preparation for a research degree.

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Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

The programme will be of interest both to those who wish to enhance their knowledge of Italian culture for professional purposes - in the fields, for example, of education, media, commerce and tourism - as well as to students wishing to pursue their studies at doctoral level.


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A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants must demonstrate proven competence in the Italian language, including good reading knowledge and aural comprehension.

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Subjects

  • Divina Commedia
  • Medieval
  • Italian cinema
  • Italian Cultures
  • Sourcing material
  • Italian
  • Equivalent standard
  • Trauma
  • Visual culture
  • Comedy

Course programme

Core module
  • Language, Culture and History. This core module permits research into two areas of major contemporary interest; recent modules available have included Trauma, Visual Culture, Comedy, Que(e)rying Sexuality.
Optional modules

Students choose from a range of optional modules on topics such as the following:

  • Medieval and Renaissance Italian
  • Renaissance Texts: Resources and Research Techniques
  • Dante: Divina Commedia
  • Genre in Italian Cinema
  • Italy: A Difficult Modernity
  • Advanced Translation from and into Italian
  • Contemporary Italian Cultures
Dissertation/report

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

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of seminars, tutorials, seminar-presentations, film screenings, and visits to research libraries including the British Library, the Warburg Institute, Institute of Historical Research and Senate House. Students are assessed by a variety of methods: unseen examinations, long essays, coursework and the dissertation.

Additional information

Fee -£21,160 (FT) £10,740 (PT)

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  • Italian Postgraduate Degrees
  • Postgraduate Degrees in London
  • University College London Postgraduate Degrees

Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

£ 10,140 VAT inc.

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