12 monthsProgramme duration
30,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This critical theory master’s will equip you with a solid understanding of foundational critical theory texts and teach you how to engage with the contemporary discourse that informs current debates about race, class, gender, climate change, and beyond.
It’s a multidisciplinary course that empowers you to follow your own interest, thanks to a wide range of optional modules across the humanities and social sciences. You’ll graduate with knowledge of the intellectual history of critical theory and the tendencies emerging from continental philosophy and with the skills to apply these theoretical discourses to different objects and fields.
Key benefits
It’s a multidisciplinary course that empowers you to follow your own interest, thanks to a wide range of optional modules across the humanities and social sciences. You’ll graduate with knowledge of the intellectual history of critical theory and the tendencies emerging from continental philosophy and with the skills to apply these theoretical discourses to different objects and fields.
Key benefits
- Focus on continental philosophy and the history, study, and applications of critical methodologies across the humanities
- Diversify your study with a variety of multidisciplinary optional modules
- Learn from a range of active researchers who are publishing in their fields of specialism
- Produce your own piece of research with a dissertation
- Enjoy all the benefits of learning in London.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This critical theory master’s will equip you with a solid understanding of foundational critical theory texts and teach you how to engage with the contemporary discourse that informs current debates about race, class, gender, climate change, and beyond.
It’s a multidisciplinary course that empowers you to follow your own interest, thanks to a wide range of optional modules across the humanities and social sciences. You’ll graduate with knowledge of the intellectual history of critical theory and the tendencies emerging from continental philosophy and with the skills to apply these theoretical discourses to different objects and fields.
Key benefits
It’s a multidisciplinary course that empowers you to follow your own interest, thanks to a wide range of optional modules across the humanities and social sciences. You’ll graduate with knowledge of the intellectual history of critical theory and the tendencies emerging from continental philosophy and with the skills to apply these theoretical discourses to different objects and fields.
Key benefits
- Focus on continental philosophy and the history, study, and applications of critical methodologies across the humanities
- Diversify your study with a variety of multidisciplinary optional modules
- Learn from a range of active researchers who are publishing in their fields of specialism
- Produce your own piece of research with a dissertation
- Enjoy all the benefits of learning in London.
Admission Requirements
185+
3.3+
7+
100+
69+
Bachelor’s degree with 2:1 honours in a humanities discipline. We may consider other qualifications if you can demonstrate relevant experience.
In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.
NOTE: The programme is run by the Department of French, but does not require any knowledge of French.
In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.
NOTE: The programme is run by the Department of French, but does not require any knowledge of French.
1 Year
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
13,500 GBP
International
30,000 GBP
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