24 monthsProgramme duration
135,000 SEKTuition Fee/year
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
Other
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This programme is offered every two years.
Understanding how images shape society is a key skill in today’s world, where we’re constantly surrounded by visual expressions. The master's programme in visual culture provides you with the tools to analyse visual culture and prepares you for careers in academia, media, art, marketing, and design.
If you’re interested in visual practices, media critique or cultural research, this programme gives you the tools you need to decode the visual world. From viral images and advertising to art, the programme explores how images influence and reflect modern life, shaping social realities. You will study a wide range of visual phenomena, including artworks, news and documentary images, advertisements, and more, across both analogue and digital media like photography, film, video, television, and urban environments.
The curriculum covers urgent topics like post- and decolonialism, gender, globalization, and media technology. The programme provides you with a comprehensive analytical toolkit to critically assess the influence of images and other visual forms, including how images produce and withhold knowledge, evoke fascination and discomfort, and persuade or repel. It also analyses how images generate meaning, desire, and fear within social, cultural, and personal contexts. Hence, you will be able to examine how images both reflect and shape society, culture, identity, and power.
You’ll gain both theoretical depth and hands-on methods for analysing images and visual environments. The courses train academic and professional skills, from journal writing to conference presenting and research planning.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
Other
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This programme is offered every two years.
Understanding how images shape society is a key skill in today’s world, where we’re constantly surrounded by visual expressions. The master's programme in visual culture provides you with the tools to analyse visual culture and prepares you for careers in academia, media, art, marketing, and design.
If you’re interested in visual practices, media critique or cultural research, this programme gives you the tools you need to decode the visual world. From viral images and advertising to art, the programme explores how images influence and reflect modern life, shaping social realities. You will study a wide range of visual phenomena, including artworks, news and documentary images, advertisements, and more, across both analogue and digital media like photography, film, video, television, and urban environments.
The curriculum covers urgent topics like post- and decolonialism, gender, globalization, and media technology. The programme provides you with a comprehensive analytical toolkit to critically assess the influence of images and other visual forms, including how images produce and withhold knowledge, evoke fascination and discomfort, and persuade or repel. It also analyses how images generate meaning, desire, and fear within social, cultural, and personal contexts. Hence, you will be able to examine how images both reflect and shape society, culture, identity, and power.
You’ll gain both theoretical depth and hands-on methods for analysing images and visual environments. The courses train academic and professional skills, from journal writing to conference presenting and research planning.
Admission Requirements
- 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
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