This is a flexible and challenging masters course, delivered by a team of tutors with internationally recognised academic expertise in an array of specialist areas.
MA English Studies allows you to build your own bespoke masters experience, selecting from a range of modules to reflect your interests in the further study of English
You can choose to follow a bracketed specialism - MA English Studies (The Gothic), MA English Studies (Postcolonial Studies), MA English Studies (Nineteenth-Century Studies) or MA English Studies (Trauma Studies) - or you may select freely from the full range of options to construct an MA English Studies experience reflecting your specific interests in the further study of English.
MA English Studies allows you to freely select from the full range of Gothic, Postcolonial, Nineteenth-Century and Trauma and other options. The core modules you'll take are 'Practices' and 'Dissertation', but the rest of your credits can be made up from any of the option modules listed below.
MA English Studies (The Gothic) begins with the pre-history of the Gothic mode in the seventeenth century, explores its eighteenth and nineteenth-century incarnations and concludes with contemporary manifestations of the mode. You will study plays and novels, films and television, framed by socio-cultural perspectives, and critical and theoretical analyses. Find out more about The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies here.
MA English Studies (Postcolonial Studies) explores Anglophone literature from across the postcolonial world in relation to its many social, cultural and historical contexts as well as contemporary critical and cultural theories. The specialism foregrounds the links between postcolonial literary practice and decolonial cultural politics, focusing on both the impact and representation of nationalism, migration, globalisation and trauma. Find out more about The Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies here.
MA English Studies (Nineteenth-Century Studies) explores the reciprocal relationship between literature and culture with a focus on texts of the long nineteenth-century in an interdisciplinary context. Find out more about The Long Nineteenth Century Network here.
MA English Studies (Trauma Studies) explores the impact of major human catastrophes of the modern and contemporary periods in Western literature and film, as well as postcolonial literature and film that bears witness to traumatic events and experiences from the cultural margins.
The programme leader for this course is Dr Sarah MacLachlan.
You will normally have at least an upper second class (2.1) undergraduate UK honours degree (or international equivalent) in a related humanities subject, including a basic grounding in literature, film or critical theory.
Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. Accepted English qualifications can be viewed here.
You need to have a recognised English language qualification to study at Manchester Metropolitan.
The score required will vary depending on the qualification and the area of study you have chosen. If you hold an offer of a place from the University, your offer will give you the specific requirements for your course.
Typical International English Language Testing System (IELTS) requirements are:
Visit our English language requirements page for examples of recognised tests and minimum acceptable scores.
This programme will be a considerable asset to those who wish to pursue careers in teaching, arts administration, advertising, film and television, publishing, the media, journalism, business, public relations, politics and other careers which require a critical awareness of aspects of contemporary culture and an ability to assimilate and present a coherent argument. This programme will also prepare you for further study at PhD level.
Recent graduates have progressed to PhD study at Manchester Metropolitan University and several have gone on to complete PGCEs. Our 'Practices' core unit equips you with the skills needed to conduct academic research at postgraduate level, as well as transferable skills appropriate for the professional workplace; you will present research papers, use social media platforms in the translation and dissemination of their ideas, and collaboratively organise a one-day conference.
MA English Studies provides an opportunity to gain the expertise and skills required to support predicted growth in the creative, digital, new media and communications industries.
United Kingdom, Manchester
