Master in British Studies

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The M.B.S. course lasts 18 months. It consists of a twelve-month Certificate Phase of teaching at the Centre, followed by a six-month Master Phase.

The Certificate Phase comprises about 30 weeks of teaching, divided into two phases: the Core Programme and the Options Programme. Students have to attend on average about 20 hours of classes per week.

Core Programme
The Core Programme consists of three teaching modules. In the following are examples of teaching units within each module:

Module 1: Introduction (Research Skills, Presentation Techniques, Current Affairs, Business and Academic English)

Module 2: Law, Politics, Economy, and History (The English Legal System, Constitutional Law, British History, Special Aspects of Economic, Social and Political, History, Political Institutions, Economic Structures, Social Structures)

Module 3: Literature and Culture in the UK (A Cultural History of Literature in English, Contemporary British Literature in Context I, A Cultural History of the Arts, Patriotism, National and Regional Identities, Contemporary Britain: Myths, Trends, Fashion, Policies)

Options Programme
The Options Programme allows students to specialise by choosing one out of the following two options:

Option 1: Economy, Law and Politics

In the following are examples of teaching units within each module:

Module 1: Accompanying Module (Current Affairs, Business and Academic English, Workshop Transcultural Management, Workshop Project Management)

Module 2: Economy (Economic Geography, Industrial Organisation, The Welfare System, The Financial System, Media Markets, Marketing)

Module 3: Law (Contract Law, Tort Law, Commercial Law, Media Law)

Module 4: Politics (Centralism and Regionalism, British Foreign Policy, British Domestic Policy, British International Relations)

Option 2: Culture, Media, and Cultural Management

In the following are examples of teaching units within each module:

Module 1: Accompanying Module (Current Affairs, Business and Academic English, Workshop Transcultural Management, Workshop Project Management)

Module 2: High and Popular Culture (Literature, Culture, and the Self, Contemporary British Literature in Context II, Popular Culture in Contemporary Britain, Theories of Culture, Film in the UK: Past and Present)

Module 3: British Media - Past and Present (Media Theory and Media Studies, The Public Sphere in Modern Times, The Media in Consumer Society, Media Law)

Module 4: Cultural Management (Cultural Management, Cultural Economics, Cultural Policy and Funding, Marketing, The Literary Field in the UK)

During the Master Phase students spend about three months on an internship with a firm or institution in Britain.

In the remaining three months they are expected to write their M.B.S. thesis.