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| Application Deadline: | 1st July | ||
| Location: | Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Both deaf and hearing communities have changed rapidly over the past 30 years. It is now time for new courses of learning which embrace these changes by providing new tools for examining them. As such, CDS (Centre for Deaf Studies) now offers the world's first postgraduate degree course in Deafhood Studies. The Deafhood concept was developed at CDS by Dr Paddy Ladd and colleagues and in the past few years has spread rapidly around the world.
This course presents a post-colonial analysis on the treatment of 'Western' Sign Language People over time, focusing on their languages, cultures, education, arts and social structures, using the most up-to-date research information presented from Deaf Communities' own (Deafhood) perspectives.
This course welcomes both d/Deaf and hearing people, to increase awareness of the positive contributions that Sign Language Peoples offer to the whole of society, and thus equips its graduates with the means to enlighten and empower both hearing and Deaf communities.
Details of this programme are available in British Sign Language on our website
Contents
The MSc in can be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over two years. The programme is based on a structure of six units of 20 credit points (120 credit points) plus dissertation (60 credit points). Updated information is available on the department website. Units are taught in BSL and English by a combination of contact learning (lectures, seminars, tutorials), laboratory learning and research projects. MSc students take six units from the following and a dissertation:
* Bilingual Development in Deaf Children at Home and at School
* Deaf Culture and Deafhood
* Deaf History and Deafhood
* Deaf Wellness and Development
* Deafhood Philosophy and Social Theory
* Research Methods for Deaf Studies*
* Sign Language Literature and Folklore
* Sign Linguistics
* Please note: Research Methods for Deaf Studies is mandatory for students wishing to proceed to the dissertation phase.
Students wishing to be awarded a Diploma in Deaf Studies can do so through the attainment of 120 credit points (6 units). It is also possible to obtain a Certificate in Deaf Studies based on attainment of 60 credit points (3 units).
Distance e-learning units are in the process of being developed. We welcome enquiries for these units so that we can gauge demand and plan accordingly.
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Entry requirements
An upper second-class Honours degree or equivalent is required for direct admission to the MSc qualification. Applicants with a lower second-class Honours degree, or equivalent, may be eligible for Postgraduate Diploma entry. Applicants who hold Diploma or Certificate-level qualifications or appropriate professional, work or life experience will be considered on their own merit.
Language requirements
An IELTS score of 6.5. We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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