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    MRes Full-time: 12 months Part-time: 24 months

Masters Degree Description

Through your own unique research:

  • develop your knowledge of critical theory
  • learn to apply critical theory approaches to contemporary social, political and cultural phenomena

Much of our work is guided by a transnational and transcultural agenda. You'll be studying in an environment with a strong interdisciplinary and international perspective.  This provides a stimulating and vibrant community with debate encouraged between staff and students.

Staff expertise

We have particular strengths in:

  • modern theory
  • political philosophy and politics
  • aesthetics
  • feminist, queer and gender studies
  • cultural, literary, media and visual studies
  • psychoanalysis
  • art history
  • postcolonial, sensory, science and technology studies
  • memory studies

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our postgraduates go on to work in a wide range of fields, from university lectureships and post-doctoral fellowships to roles in the media, art councils and the creative industries, or in University administration. Many of our research students publish high-quality books and articles and have secured teaching positions in universities both in the UK and abroad.

Module Details

Dissertation

You will complete a 25,000 word dissertation.

The topic will be agreed with your supervisors (usually two co-supervisors) and supported by a course of guided reading.

The dissertation is submitted at the end of the year and is marked by both an internal and external examiner. There is the possibility of a viva to agree the pass.

Optional modules

You must choose three from:

  • Arts in Society
  • Mastering the Arts
  • Issues and Challenges in Contemporary Media
  • Technology and the Transformations of Communication

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