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Italian Studies: Culture and Communication – (M.A.)
University of Birmingham
Centre for European Languages and Cultures
| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,313 - ≈ € 14,088 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
The Department of Italian Studies at Birmingham has one of the largest holdings of Italian films on video and DVD in Britain and is home of the Leopardi Centre to promote the study and knowledge of Leopardi and his cultural context in the UK.
The Department offers a range of postgraduate opportunities (research and taught) to those who have, or expect to receive, an upper second-class degree or above (or the equivalent from a non-UK university): PhD, MLitt, and MPhil in Italian Studies (all areas); and an MA in Italian Studies: Culture and Communication (taught jointly with the University of Warwick).
This innovative programme, taught jointly with the University of Warwick, brings together the combined strengths of two research-active departments, which are also highly rated for their teaching quality. It draws on the facilities of both campuses and makes extensive use of communications and information technology. It is intended as a means to further career development and can also act as a stepping-stone to higher-level research,especially a PhD.
Contents
Core modules
In the first term you take core modules on:
* Information and Research Skills
* Communication Skills in English and Italian Reading and the Book - an introduction to the history of reading in Italy before, during and after the dominance of the medium of print
Optional modules
In the second term you choose two optional modules from:
* Teaching and Learning Italian (the main issues concerning the learning and teaching of Italian as a foreign language)
* Shapes of Knowledge in Early Modern Italy (the relations between poetry, the visual arts, history, philosophy and music as forms of knowledge in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance)
* Emigrants, Migrants, Immigrants (writing in Italian on the experience of geographical and cultural displacement in the 20th century)
* Italian Cinema and Film
On completion of the modules, you write a 12,000-word dissertation, preparation for which begins in the second term. Assessment is by coursework, assignments and the dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band.
* TOEFL 580 Paper- based test / 237 Computer-based test.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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