MA Cultural and Critical Studies

Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university, or an equivalent international qualification.

We will review every postgraduate application to Birkbeck on its individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.

Part-time home/EU students: £4175 pa Full-time home/EU students: £8350 pa Part-time international students: £7600 pa Full-time international students: £15200 pa

Graduates go in to careers in writing and journalism, editing and publishing, research, marketing and public relations. Possible professions include writing, editing, research, or publishing. This degree can also be useful in a variety of roles within the arts and humanities, such as an editorial assistant, arts administrator, or public relations officer.

CORE MODULE

• Key Concepts in Cultural and Critical Studies: Part 1
• Key Concepts in Cultural and Critical Studies: Part 2

OPTION MODULES

• A Confusion of Tongues: Illness, Language, Writing
• Contemporary British Poetry
• Memory Trauma and Cultural Identity
• Nostalgia and the Heritage Industry
• Postcolonialism: In Theory
• Reading Time in the Twentieth Century
• The Book Unbound
• Theory of Clouds
• Twenty-First Century Feminist Fiction and the World in Crisis
• Visual Culture: Power and the Image
• Voiceworks: Collaborative Song Project

MA CULTURAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES DISSERTATION

• Dissertation MA Cultural and Critical Studies