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  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MRes Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 24 months

Course Description

We are the only Department of American and Canadian Studies in the UK, offering research expertise in race, gender and sexuality and how these are explored in Canadian literature, film and culture.

If you already have a clear idea of the area and topic you wish to research as a PhD then you can effectively lay the ground work for this by doing a masters by research.

Particular areas of research specialism include:

  • Canada-US border studies Contemporary cinema Contemporary literature
  • Cultural studies
  • Ethnic-minority literature
  • Film adaptation
  • Indigenous literature and cinema
  • Prize culture
  • Queer studies
  • Settler-colonialism
  • Women’s writing
  • Young adult literature

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our postgraduates go onto work in a range of fields, from university lectureships and post-doctoral fellowships to roles in the media, art councils and the creative industries.

Many of our research students publish high-quality books and articles and have secured teaching positions in universities both in the UK and abroad.

Module Details

Core Modules

  • American and Canadian Studies dissertation

Optional modules

  • Approaches to American Studies
  • MRes Research Skills 1
  • MRes Research Skills 2
  • Researching Contemporary America

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