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Culture and Society - Tradition and Modernity
University Babes-Bolyai
Faculty of Letters| Application Deadline: | September 5 (EU); September 1 (Non-EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 570 - ≈ € 2,410 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Cluj-Napoca / Romania / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | Hungarian English French | ||
Location of University Babes-Bolyai
Programme objectives:
* involve the most gifted graduates in a process of intensive postgraduate training;
* create an environment for research and training;
* train researchers in folklore and European ethnology;
* train professors for the discipline The History and Culture of Ethnic Minorities;
* train specialists in museum studies, applied ethnography (tourism, organization of cultural events, festivals).
Course aimed at: university graduates in ethnology, anthropology and sociology. The programme is also offered in French or English to both EU and non-EU foreign students.
Partner universities: Master TEMA-Theme : Territoires européens (civilisation, nation, région, ville : Identité et développement : École de Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Atelier Centre Franco-hongrois en Sciences Sociales, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; Charles University, Prague; University of Catania.
Type of master’s programme: specialized programme.
Contents
The master studies represent the second cycle of the university studies. The MA programmes enable the students to further their research into a specific domain and they prepare the way towards their applying for the doctoral programmes. A master's degree corresponds to a two-year postgraduate program (120 ECTS credits, 30 ECTS in each semester). The curriculum of a master´s programme provides 14-16 hours a week. There are 4-6 disciplines in each semester.
Languages of instruction: Hungarian and, for one course in Anthropology, English. In the partner universities, the languages used are French and English.
Core disciplines:
The Popular Religious Spirit in Transylvania (ethnological sources, methods of analysis, cultural contacts); Ethnic and Regional Cultures in Transylvania; The Theory, Methodology and History of Cultural Studies (The Transylvanian Plain between Myth are Reality); Creation of Ethnographic Databases (processing and filing); Historical Anthropology; Norm and Deviance in Social Relations; Representation and Power; An Anthropology of Imagination (theory and analysis); Strategy and Mentality in Economic Life – between Tradition and Modernity; Tradition and Modernity. Concepts, Terminology; the Modernization of Traditional Societies; The Szeklers between Myth and Modernity.
Thesis
The completion of master studies assumes a dissertation corresponding to 20 credits, beyond the 120 credits of the curriculum.
IELTS
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Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Selection criteria
§ Written test on the basis of the given bibliography
§ Oral examination (present an individual research programme).
Admission procedure
Non-EU citizens can enroll at Babes-Bolyai University based on the letter of acceptance delivered by the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation without having to pass an admission exam. Foreign applicants who want to enroll at Babes-Bolyai University as self sponsored students have two choices:
1. Submit their documents to the Department of European Affairs and International Relations within the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation (28-30, Gen. Berthelot Street, 010168 Bucharest, Romania, Phone no:+40 21 405 62 00).
2. Submit their documents directly to Babes-Bolyai University, Centre for International Cooperation (68 Avram Iancu St., 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Phone no:+40 264 429 762 ext 6023).
Self-sponsored EU citizens follow the same admission procedures as Romanian citizens. A precondition for application is the recognition of the study certificates (high school, BA) by the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation. Our office can assist EU citizens in gettingthis recognition, by collecting and sending their files further to the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation.
Documents necessary for admission at Master´s Level:
* Certified copy of the following documents translated into Romanian/English/ French or German, in case the originals are not written in one of the languages mentioned above:
a) High-school graduation diploma
b) Bachelor's Degree diploma
c) Birth certificate
d) Marriage certificate (if the applicant's last name changed subsequent to marriage)
e) Transcript of Records for university studies at graduate level
* Medical certificate
* Passport copy
* Four passport-size photographs
* Application form
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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