Overview
With Athabasca University’s Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies - Cultural Studies, you will learn to think holistically, critically and reflectively. You will find the connections and points of overlap between specialized and generalized knowledge. You will also learn problem-solving skills and policy-making strategies.
Learning outcomes
Cultural Studies is the exploration of the links between the arts and other human activities in complex societies. It includes both high art and popular culture, both ancient texts and new hypertexts.
Cultural Studies is interdisciplinary in its methodologies and in its goals of finding integrated and contextualized views of human cultural activities. It is centrally concerned with issues of identity and power, particularly relating to gender, ethnicity, class and other sites of contestation. Cultural Studies courses will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the myriad ways in which cultural texts and practices construct and reproduce representations of ourselves and our societies. Your program will finish with a final integrated project or capstone paper that will exercise and explore your newly acquired skills and knowledge.
You can choose to complete this project in a grouped study capstone course, or through an individual study project that will allow you to:
- explore a question or issue that’s important to you
- relate your research to a work or life situation
- address a community problem
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The Business of Emotions
- Creative Writing
- Industrial Heritage
- Global Education
- Self-Directed Behaviour
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
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Credits
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Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies General Studies & Classics View 6 other Masters in General Studies & Classics in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- To apply for an Athabasca University graduate program you must have an undergraduate degree. Doctorate programs require a master’s degree to qualify for admission.
- Requirements for graduate programs vary and are listed on each program’s website. You can take some graduate courses without being admitted to the full program if you meet the non-program student requirements for said program. Requirements for graduate programs are listed on each program’s website.
Tuition Fee
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International
1859 CAD/moduleTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1859 CAD per module during 24 months. -
National
1654 CAD/moduleTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1654 CAD per module during 24 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.