Postcolonial Studies - MA

at University of Kent

You take a compulsory module, at least one more specialist Postcolonial module and two other modules (four in total) during the autumn and spring terms. You are also expected to attend the Faculty and School Research Methods Programmes.

You then write the dissertation or editorial project between the start of the summer term and the end of August.

Modules
The list below should be considered indicative of the types of modules available, which may vary from year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

Compulsory modules currently include

• ENGL8520 - Colonial and Postcolonial Discourses (30 credits)
• ENGL9982 - Advanced Literary Research (2 credits)

Optional modules may include

• ENGL8180 - American Modernism, 1890-1940 (30 credits)
• ENGL8450 - Global Victorians (30 credits)
• ENGL8650 - Post-45: American Literature and Culture in the Cold War Era (30 credits)
• ENGL8660 - Transatlantic Literature and Culture 1880-1920 (30 credits)
• ENGL8680 - Queer Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Narratives of Sex and Gender (30 credits)
• ENGL8910 - Fiction 1 (30 credits)
• ENGL8920 - Poetry 1 (30 credits)
• ENGL8930 - Fiction 2 (30 credits)
• ENGL8940 - Poetry 2 (30 credits)
• ENGL9000 - Illness and Disability in American Culture (30 credits)
• ENGL9090 - Medical Humanities: An Introduction (30 credits)
• ENGL9100 - Non-fiction:People (30 credits)
• ENGL9160 - Postcolonial Writing and the Environment (30 credits)
• ENGL9220 - Animal Humanities: Evolution to Extinction (30 credits)
• Compulsory modules currently include
• ENGL9980 - Dissertation:GPMS (60 credits)

A first or second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.

All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications. 

International students
Please see our International Student website for entry requirements by country and other relevant information. Due to visa restrictions, students who require a student visa to study cannot study part-time unless undertaking a distance or blended-learning programme with no on-campus provision.

English language entry requirements
The University requires all non-native speakers of English to reach a minimum standard of proficiency in written and spoken English before beginning a postgraduate degree. Certain subjects require a higher level.

Home full-time
£9300

EU full-time
£13000

International full-time
£17400

Home part-time
£4650

EU part-time
£6500

International part-time
£8700

Many career paths can benefit from the writing and analytical skills that you develop as a postgraduate student in the School of English. Our students have gone on to work in academia, journalism, broadcasting and media, publishing, writing and teaching; as well as more general areas such as banking, marketing analysis and project management.