Full time
1 year
09-SEP-24
MLitt - Master of Letters
Cultural Studies
Taught
The MLitt Global Languages, Literatures and Cultures will deepen your literary and cultural knowledge while fostering intercultural competence and transferable skills for life in an increasingly globalised world.
Course details
The School is distinguished by the breadth of its research which spans language, literary, and cultural studies across eight distinct language areas – Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish – but also a range of cultural-historical epochs from the middle ages to the present day. This breadth is reflected in the literary and cultural topics you will study on the degree.
Highlights
•Expand your interest in literary and cultural studies through transnational teaching from experts across the School of Modern Languages.
•Deepen your knowledge in your chosen language area or areas by exploration through new perspectives and methodologies.
•A global outlook provided by 50 full-time academic staff teaching in eight languages and providing a broad range of disciplinary knowledge, teaching, and supervision expertise.
•Engage with cutting-edge research through involvement in the work of the School's research centres and interdisciplinary research groups.
•Explore cross-disciplinary studies via an option module in the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Studies as part of your degree.
Assessment
Modules are assessed through coursework; there are no final exams.
After your degree
Careers
Alongside your academic learning, you will develop your broader capabilities and employability. All Masters students have access to the
consulting
•energy resource management
•international development
•journalism
•UN interpreting
•public policy
•publishing
•the civil and diplomatic services
academia as University academics and administrators.
For this course (per year)
£11,680
For this course (per year)
£25,880
Students need a good 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a Modern Language or Comparative Literature. There is no option to study an additional language as part of this programme.