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1.1k Full-time Master's degrees in Area & Cultural Studies

Global Engagement
During Global Engagement at Curtin University you’ll increase your intercultural skills and awareness of global issues, advancing your current career or building the foundation to a new career.

Applied Social Studies
This Applied Social Studies programme is offered by Maynooth University. Interested individuals are encouraged to make an informal approach to the Department to discuss their proposal and establish an initial fit between their interests and the Departments research priorities and expertise.

Cultural Heritage Studies
This Cultural Heritage Studies from Eötvös Loránd University is based on the domestic and international experiences of the department. The program provides internships for students in several institutions involved in heritage protection and management.

Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture
The Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture programme from University of York offers you an intensive and exciting survey of the literary culture of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Arts
Through the Arts from Auckland University of Technology, you can choose from a wide range of courses, creating a very flexible course of study .

Contemporary Literature and Culture
The Contemporary Literature and Culture programme from Loughborough University enables graduates to explore British and American fiction, poetry, and drama, analysing contemporary issues such as #MeToo, the Covid pandemic, and climate change, and understanding how literary prizes influence the production of today’s literature.

Indology
The Indology programme of Eötvös Loránd University is offered by the Department of Indian Studies at the Faculty of Humanities is a two-year, full-time program comprising four semesters.

Language, Culture and Communication
Learn to critique different ideologies about culture and evaluate news and other forms of public discourse with this Language, Culture and Communication programme from University of Birmingham. You’ll develop critical and analytical skills to dissect the ways language is used in politics, media, and communications.

Early Prehistory and Human Origins
Explore what it means to be human on this Early Prehistory and Human Origins course from University of York.

Anthropology and Cultural Politics - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Anthropology and Cultural Politics - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Applied Linguistics (International)
The Applied Linguistics (International) course from the University of Limerick equips you with the analytical and practical skills needed to address language challenges across society, education, media, policy, and technology.

American Studies
The American Studies programme of the University of Glasgow is at the forefront of the study of American society and culture, with a dedicated research centre: the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies.

Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and Public History)
Explore the many facets of cultural heritage from built environments and archaeological records to the heritage of art, film and literature with the Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and Public History) programme at the University of Southampton. You’ll graduate from this MA with the expertise for a successful career in the heritage and tourism sector, or for further study at PhD level.

Graduate Diploma in Arts in Pacific Studies
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in Pacific Studies program from Victoria University of Wellington will prepare you to study that subject at postgraduate level, such as the Bachelor of Arts with Honours or the Master of Arts.

Cross-Cultural Communication and International Marketing
The Cross-Cultural Communication and International Marketing from Newcastle University provides theoretical, research and practical training in areas of international and intercultural communication and international marketing.

Tourism Development and Culture
This two-year Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tourism Development and Culture from University of Glasgow explores contemporary theoretical and practical issues in tourism development, with a cultural focus, providing critical analytical skills. Mobility periods will give you the opportunity to study at the University of Glasgow and its world-class consortium partners.

Global Heritage (Distance Learning)
The Global Heritage (Distance Learning) programme offered by Bangor University explores and evaluates national and international measures and mechanisms that seek to manage and protect tangible and intangible heritage.

Master of Strategic Studies
Develop a deep practical and theoretical understanding of the ways power is exercised. Explore how conflict is managed and security maintained across the globe. The Master of Strategic Studies programme is offered at the Victoria University of Wellington.

Victorian Gothic - History, Literature and Culture (Distance Learning)
The Victorian Gothic - History, Literature and Culture (Distance Learning) course from University of Portsmouth explores not just 19th-century Gothic cultures but, more generally, the fears, wonders, and dark imagination of the Victorian era. Through a rich and fascinating range of historical, literary and folkloric texts, themes and approaches, you'll probe the darker side of the Victorian age.

Health, Cultures and Societies
The Health, Cultures and Societies degree delivered at University of Liverpool provides an exciting opportunity to explore issues around health, illness, wellbeing, and medicine. The MA provides advanced training in associated methods within a critical practice-oriented framework distinctive to the University and the city of Liverpool.