MA Cultural Studies

MA Cultural Studies is a Masters program taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Intake: September. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (1 year) options.

MA Cultural Studies at SOAS, University of London provides grounding in theories on Cultural Studies, including Marxism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Marxism, Feminism, and Post-Modernism, and how they are used and adapted in cross-cultural contexts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. You study historical concepts in Western culture such as ideology, power, class, identity, race, nation, subjectivity, representation, and memory, alongside work that challenges these ideas in non-Western cultures.

The programme is theory and practice based, using case studies from cultural practices, genres, and contexts. Students take 180 credits, with a dissertation in Cultural, Literary, and Postcolonial Studies worth 60 credits and 120 credits from taught modules.

The supervised dissertation has a 10,000 word limit and counts for 33% of the overall degree. Attendance mode is full time or part time, and the start of programme is September. Students are eligible to apply for internships, and postgraduate students can take part in Study Tours.

Modules

• Dissertation in Cultural, Literary, and Postcolonial Studies
• Cultural Studies: Origins, Ideas and New Approaches
• Core Themes and Debates in African Philosophy
• Intersecting Worlds: Race and Gender in the Contemporary Postcolonial Novel
• 750C Ethnographic Locations: Near and Middle East
• Art and Politics in Africa
• New Taiwan Cinema and Beyond (PG)
• World Literature (PG)

The minimum requirements for admission in MA Cultural Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as pre-requiste for admission in MA Cultural Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

We will consider all applications with a 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher in social science of humanities subject. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/ma-cultural-studies

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.