English: Literature, Culture and Theory MA

at University of Sussex

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
 

Autumn teaching

• Interpretation, Theory, and Research Methods in Literary Study

Summer teaching

• Dissertation (English: Literature, Culture and Theory )

Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
 

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
 

Autumn teaching

• Creativity and Utopia
• Decolonising Modernism: 1850 to the Contemporary
• Literature and Society, 1750-1890
• Modernist and Contemporary Fictions
• Theory in Practice: Readings in Contemporary Theory and Literature
• Voices in the Archives: Writing from History

Spring teaching

• Creativity and Utopia
• Culture, Politics and the University
• Literature and Society, 1750-1890
• Living and Dying in the Premodern World
• New Configurations in Critical Theory
• The Avant-Garde in North America: Creative and Critical Practice
• Writing Poetry PG

Degree requirements 
   
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. 
 

Subject-specific requirements    

Your qualification should normally be in a subject relevant to your chosen Masters course. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

IELTS (Academic) High level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component).

Home students:

£9,500 per year for full-time students
 

Channel Islands and Isle of Man students:

£9,500 per year for full-time students
 

International students:

£18,975 per year for full-time students

Our graduates are well prepared for work in:
 

• teaching and education
• publishing
• website production and marketing
• journalism and writing
• the charity sector
• NGOs
• academia.