MA Popular Culture
Master
In Ormskirk
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Type
Master
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Location
Ormskirk
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Duration
1 Year
The MA in Popular Culture is a distinct, interdisciplinary MA programme that covers film, literature and cultural history. It will appeal if you are interested in popular culture in its critical and historical contexts and provides excellent preparation should you wish to pursue a research-based higher degree, such as a PhD, in the future.
Delivered by an enthusiastic team of cross-disciplinary specialists in popular culture research, the programme will provide you with the opportunity to undertake a comparative study of literature, history and film, working across subject boundaries. You will also develop the practical skills necessary to undertake work across subject boundaries and receive training in transferable research skills and methodologies.
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About this course
Graduates in the humanities with a higher degree find employment in a wide variety of careers such as teaching, arts organisation and management, the heritage industry, publishing, advertising, journalism, libraries and learning centres or management/administration.
Alternatively, upon successful completion of the programme, you may wish to apply to progress onto a research degree such as an MPhil or PhD.
To join this programme a good first degree in a relevant subject is normally required (2.2 or above). An interview will form part of the selection process.
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Subjects
- Media
- Popular culture
- Philosophies
- Social Sciences
- Literature
- History
- Film And Culture
- Writing Contemporary Women
- Socio-economic
- Gothic Spaces
Course programme
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HUM4000 Critical Approaches to Postgraduate Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (20 credits)
HUM4002 Research Philosophies and Methodologies (20 credits)
HUM4300 Dissertation (60 credits)
You will select four of the following modules. Please note, approximately half of the pool of elective modules is likely to be available for selection in a typical academic year.
The modules provisionally being offered for the following academic year are typically determined in the Spring prior to a September intake. If you wish to enquire whether particular modules will be available in a specific academic year, please contact the programme leader.
HUM4019 Re-making the Nation: Propaganda, Culture and Identity in the Second World War (20 credits)
HUM4030 Fictions of Class 1910-1965 (20 credits)
HUM4032 Writing Contemporary Women (20 credits)
HUM4033 Rhythm and Colour: Literature, Jazz and Art (20 credits)
HUM4034 Love Actually? Love, Literature and Popular Culture (20 credits)
HUM4036 The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle in Literature and Art (20 credits)
HUM4038 Text Analysis in the Digital Humanities (20 credits)
HUM4039 Colonial to Global: Narratives of Imperialism (20 credits)
HUM4040 Real Men, New Men and Lover Men: Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Narratives (20 credits)
HUM4041 Transgressive Women (20 credits)
HUM4042 Revenge in Theory and Practice (20 credits)
HUM4043 Neo-Victorian Fiction (20 credits)
HUM4045 Existentialism and French Literature, 1930-1960 (20 credits)
HUM4046 Literature and Laughter (20 credits)
HUM4047 Cultures of Memory (20 credits)
HUM4048 Print and the People, 1850-1900 (20 credits)
HUM4049 Gothic Spaces (20 credits)
MDM4006 Transnational Media (20 credits)
MDM4007 European Cinema (20 credits)
MDM4019 Film and Media Theory and Analysis (20 credits)
MDM4020 Media and Creative Industries (20 credits)
MDM4023 Reading New Asian Cinemas (20 credits)
MDM4024 Screen Genres (20 credits)
MDM4025 Cinema, History and National Identity (20 credits)
MDM4026 Media, Culture and Identities (20 credits)
HUM4051 Everything is Awesome! Enlightenment to Post-Romantic Children's Cultures (20 credits)
Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.
Additional information
How will I be assessed? You will be assessed through a combination of assignments which, depending on the modules you choose, may include essays, critical reviews, critical diaries, presentations, online discussions and research-based projects, as well as a 15,000-word dissertation. Who will be teaching me? You will be taught by a team of specialist tutors who are active researchers and committed teachers with interests in popular culture, literature, film, genre studies, modern history, gender studies, and history.
Course Length:1 Year Full-Time, 2 Years Part-Time
MA Popular Culture