MSc in Culture and Society
Programme Code: TMCUSO
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students take two compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of 1.5 full units plus the dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO434 Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
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GI402 Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice (0.5) | |
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GI403 Gender and Media Representation (0.5) | |
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GI410 Screening the Present: contemporary cinema and cultural critique (0.5) # | |
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GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) | |
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GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) | |
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MC402 The Audience in Media and Communications (0.5) | |
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MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (0.5) | |
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MC420 Identity, Transnationalism and the Media (0.5) | |
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MY427 Qualitative Research with Digital and Visual Data (0.5) # | |
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PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5) | |
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PB420 Current Communication Research (0.5) # (not available 2019/20) | |
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PB432 Social Representations (0.5) | |
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SO425 Regulation, Risk and Economic Life (1.0) | |
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SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
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SO469 Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
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SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5) | |
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SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO481 Class, Politics and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO482 Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO4A9 White Screens/Black Images: The Sociology of Black Cinema (0.5) | |
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Or any other MSc level course offered in the School, subject to the consent of the candidate's teachers. | |
Paper 4 |
SO493 MSc in Culture and Society Dissertation (1.0) | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
