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Study Details: MSc, 24 months
PGDip, 20 - 24 months
Earn a postgraduate degree in Cultural Memory, Heritage and Society, 100% online.
Join us online and build your academic skills in memory, heritage and social studies.
In this flexible online degree, you’ll study two core modules then choose from a range of interdisciplinary courses to shape your learning.
Connecting past and present
The first core module introduces important concepts, concerns, and current approaches to heritage and memory transmission.
In this, you’ll cover case studies ranging from the Holocaust to postcolonialism and across geographical and socio-political contexts.
Explore the power of media
In the second module, you’ll focus on the role played by media in visualising history and memory.
You’ll examine how a wide range of media – from photography to monuments, comics to cinema – shape our understanding of the past.
The minimum entry requirements are:
a 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
You’re also welcome to apply if you have:
other relevant qualifications, and
relevant professional experience or interests.
This degree opens up a range of career prospects for graduates looking to work across cultural and disciplinary boundaries.
It’s valuable learning at Masters level, ideally suited to roles within:
research
academia
heritage
museums
teaching
journalism
television and radio broadcasting
tourism
NGOs
non-profit organisations
international business
marketing, and
the civil service.
Core Modules:
Understanding Cultural Heritage and Memory
Media and Memory
Optional Modules:
An Introduction to Ethnographic Research Methods
Museums and Sustainable Futures
Transnational Cinema and Comics
Decolonising Society and Politics
Digital Museum Practice
Research Interviews and Focus Groups in Social Science
Understanding Political Extremism: Hitler as a Case Study
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