This innovative new programme combines teaching, research and practical experiences that are linked by four ideas – Culture, Criminology, Creativity, and Community.
Graduates will display intellectual confidence and flexibility in several different academic disciplines.
Though incarceration is often associated with imprisonment in jail or prison, the word has a host of contexts including historical slavery, pandemic lockdowns, wartime camps, modern-day trafficking and even situations of domestic abuse. On this programme, you’ll explore incarceration in a range of forms in the UK, US and other situations globally, far beyond the traditional prison context.
This course combines traditional seminar-style classes with unique environments outside of the classroom, whether working with ex-prisoners locally or organising an academic conference on campus.
Students on the MA in Incarceration Studies will be affiliated with the Cultures of Incarceration Centre at the University of Hull, which provides opportunities to attend talks, present at seminars, and network.
Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s Honours degree (typically 2:2 or above, or international equivalent) in American Studies, English, History, Criminology or other Arts & Humanities/Social Science equivalent.
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Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this degree, you’ll develop a range of knowledge and skills to help you stand out in the job market.
As well as mastering new disciplines, you’ll develop your skills in research, team-work, project management, writing and presentation skills. The development of your research and analytical skills will give you a firm grounding if you wish to progress to PhD study.
All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.
Competing and Comparative Justice: Values and Ethics in the Criminal Justice Process
UK & US Prison Cultures; Redemption and Resistance
Writing from Life; Creative Non-Fiction
Incarceration Culture in Context: Research Methods and Theory in Interdisciplinary Studies
Dissertation (Culture, Criminology, Creativity, and Community)
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