Course Description The MA in Critical and Cultural Theory provides both a rewarding MA and an ideal basis for students wishing to undertake research leading to the degree of PhD. Where appropriate, it is also open to first year PhD students, who attend the first two terms of the MA course, and submit the assessed essays, before proceeding to full-time work on the thesis. These essays take account of the material taught in the course, but may also constitute draft sections of the doctoral project. The Master's Degree is one year full-time. In each semester students take one core and one optional course. They go on to write a dissertation over the summer.

Career Prospects Student who have completed the MA have found work in education, university administration, arts administration and the creative industries. Many of the students on the MA go on to study for a PhD in Critical and Cultural Theory.