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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,157 - ≈ € 11,980 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | York / 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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The MA degree can be taken full-time over one year, or part-time over two years. The taught component of this programme consists of two compulsory core modules, Approaches to Women's Studies 1 and 2; the choice of two options from a range which is updated annually; two research modules: Interdisciplinary Methods in Women's Studies and Debates in Feminist Research in the Humanities and a series of dissertation Workshops. In addition you will be allocated a supervisor for your dissertation which must be submitted towards the end of your final year.
This programme aims:
* to provide a solid grounding in interdisciplinary women's studies, emphasizing gendered aspects of cultural life, representation and textual enquiry
* to expose students to an interdisciplinary range of conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches to and debates within women's studies
* to familiarize students with the epistemological and philosophical underpinnings of feminist methodologies in the humanities
* to foster the development of a critical, self-reflexive and independent approach to research and scholarship, as well as the acquisition of transferable skills
* to provide candidates with a range of skills and competences appropriate to higher degree research in the Humanities
Contents
Course Modules
* Approaches to Women's Studies I
* Approaches to Women's Studies II
* Interdisciplinary Methods in Women's Studies
* Debates in Feminist Research (Humanities)
* Option 1 (humanities)
* Option 2
* Dissertation Workshops
* Dissertation
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Entry Requirements
Candidates for the MA will normally be required to have a good first degree (an upper second class degree or its equivalent), although applications from those with other qualifications may be considered on their merits. Applications are also welcomed from mature students and those returning to education
English Language Requirements
The University's absolute minimum English language requirements are: * IELTS: 6.5 (in the 'Academic' test)*
* TOEFL: paper-based 550/ computer-based (CBT): 213/ internet-based (iBT): 79
* Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: A, B, C
* Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: A
*In all cases, 8-week pre-sessional English language course at York recommended in addition to language score
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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