Literature and the Environment (MA) 12 months Postgraduate Programme By Cardiff University |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

24,700 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

In an age defined by multiple environmental crises, including a worsening climate emergency, it is more urgent than ever that we interrogate, disrupt and reform the ideas of nature and environment that shape our environmental policies and behaviours.

Our MA in Literature and the Environment will equip you to become an impactful voice in our environmental future. This innovative programme is taught by research-active academics working in a wide range of literatures and periods within the new and dynamic field of literature and the environment. Staff research expertise covers a diverse range of literary, theoretical and interdisciplinary work, including medieval, romantic, 20th-century and contemporary literatures, Welsh literature, literature and science, and ecocritical theory. We offer expert teaching and supervision across a wide range of areas of research specialisation and our programme of study provides a comprehensive and varied research-led introduction to this exciting new field.

This programme is comprehensive and diverse and is underpinned by our research expertise and excellence. It offers breadth and depth in terms of the texts and the periods covered, as well as the methodologies to which you’ll be introduced.

You’ll be taught by staff who are at the forefront of research across literature and the environment, giving you the chance to engage with the latest learning and current and emerging debates in the field.

We’re committed to your professional and personal development, and the skills and employability focus of our programme will help you gain the skills and practical experience to meet your career ambitions. It will prepare you for a range of academic careers specialising in literature and the environment and for environmentally focused careers outside academia. A live project opportunity will give you the chance to develop your collaborative research skills in response to an environmentally focused brief set by a local employer working in the environmental and/or cultural sector. Working in a small group, you’ll directly apply your learning working to research and respond to your brief before presenting your research and recommendations.

We’ll offer tailored support and opportunities to develop your ideas and how you present them throughout your studies. You’ll be offered the chance to present a conference-style paper on your dissertation at a conference, honing your public-speaking skills and the ways in which you articulate and introduce your ideas.

This degree programme will help you to build your skills profile, giving you highly desirable transferable skills useful for the current job market. Your research, communication, collaboration and presentation skills will be enhanced through opportunities, via teaching and assessment, to write for public and online audiences (such as writing a podcast or a blog posts), write reports, work as part of a research group, and present research.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

In an age defined by multiple environmental crises, including a worsening climate emergency, it is more urgent than ever that we interrogate, disrupt and reform the ideas of nature and environment that shape our environmental policies and behaviours.

Our MA in Literature and the Environment will equip you to become an impactful voice in our environmental future. This innovative programme is taught by research-active academics working in a wide range of literatures and periods within the new and dynamic field of literature and the environment. Staff research expertise covers a diverse range of literary, theoretical and interdisciplinary work, including medieval, romantic, 20th-century and contemporary literatures, Welsh literature, literature and science, and ecocritical theory. We offer expert teaching and supervision across a wide range of areas of research specialisation and our programme of study provides a comprehensive and varied research-led introduction to this exciting new field.

This programme is comprehensive and diverse and is underpinned by our research expertise and excellence. It offers breadth and depth in terms of the texts and the periods covered, as well as the methodologies to which you’ll be introduced.

You’ll be taught by staff who are at the forefront of research across literature and the environment, giving you the chance to engage with the latest learning and current and emerging debates in the field.

We’re committed to your professional and personal development, and the skills and employability focus of our programme will help you gain the skills and practical experience to meet your career ambitions. It will prepare you for a range of academic careers specialising in literature and the environment and for environmentally focused careers outside academia. A live project opportunity will give you the chance to develop your collaborative research skills in response to an environmentally focused brief set by a local employer working in the environmental and/or cultural sector. Working in a small group, you’ll directly apply your learning working to research and respond to your brief before presenting your research and recommendations.

We’ll offer tailored support and opportunities to develop your ideas and how you present them throughout your studies. You’ll be offered the chance to present a conference-style paper on your dissertation at a conference, honing your public-speaking skills and the ways in which you articulate and introduce your ideas.

This degree programme will help you to build your skills profile, giving you highly desirable transferable skills useful for the current job market. Your research, communication, collaboration and presentation skills will be enhanced through opportunities, via teaching and assessment, to write for public and online audiences (such as writing a podcast or a blog posts), write reports, work as part of a research group, and present research.

Admission Requirements

3.3+
7+
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
  1. A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates. Applications from those with 2:2 are considered on a case-by-case basis.
  2. A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 7.0 with 6.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
If you do not have a degree in a relevant area or have a 2:2 honours degree you may still apply but should provide a sample academic essay on a theme related to the programme. Something you have submitted previously for part of your assessment for a previous degree will be acceptable.

1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
11,200 GBP
International
24,700 GBP

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