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Study Details: 24 months full-time
This unique, two-year degree provides an interdisciplinary study of the interaction between children, texts and media, along with the opportunity to study and live in at least two European countries. You will be able to engage with an array of cultural events related to children’s literature and media, and participate in a placement with a practitioner organisation.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in English or other Modern Language, Literature Studies, History, Film and Media Studies (within Arts and Humanities), Childhood Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Library and Information Studies, Arts or Humanities Education.
Applicants must provide either a Scholarship application form or Self-Funded application form depending on their application.
Graduates will develop key skills sought by many employers, including the ability to find, select and analyse texts and empirical data; confident and persuasive oral and written communication skills; and problem solving through creative and critical thinking. The programme provides excellent preparation for careers in media, education and literacy, publishing, archive and information studies, heritage and creative industries, as well as a springboard for PhD study and an academic career.
Semester 1:
Children’s Literature: Critical Enquiry
Texts for Children and Young People
Cross Boundaries: Children’s Literature and Other Media (delivered online by Tilburg)
New Media for Children and Young Adults (delivered by UBC) OR
Literature and the Publishing Industry for the Early Years (delivered by Nantes)
Semester 2:
Children's Literature and Childhood
Children's Literature Text and Media
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Principles, Practice, and Current Trends in Academic Research in Children's Literature (delivered by UBC)
Life Writing and Fan Fiction (delivered by Tilburg)
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