Overview

Participants in the Digital Cultures (Online) at University College Cork develop the practical skills needed to flourish in the digital age, while also examining the impact of the digital on culture, power, and identity in society. Our programme fosters those new literacies of consumption, production and creativity essential in the contemporary world.

This course is provided by a diverse and internationally recognised team experienced in teaching, development and research in the digital arts and humanities at every level from undergraduate to PhD. This experience has been demonstrated and delivered using blended and online learning tools to foster student-centred, research-based learning.

Career

The UCC MA in Digital Cultures will equip you with a range of tools and methods to provide the digital element now essential for careers in education, heritage, and the ‘cultural economy’, in digital content creation and management, in web content creation, editing and management, and storytelling in a variety of domains.

Digital Cultures is a field that equips practitioners with the conceptual awareness to apply digital tools to research problems in the Arts, Humanities and related fields. It produces digitally literate interdisciplinary graduates ready to fill a variety of roles in the knowledge economy.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Digital Humanities Institute

Communities of Practice in Digital Scholarship

Getting Started with Graduate Research and Generic Skills

Humanities and New Technologies: Tools and Methodologies

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-30 00:00:00 , International

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Rolling deadline. Open until all places have been filled or no later than 30 June. Early application is advised.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

Duolingo English Test

120

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 6 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in Ireland

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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90

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120

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Other requirements

General requirements

The entry requirement is a Second Class Honours Grade I in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) or equivalent in any discipline.
Applicants who hold a Second Class Honours Grade II in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) will also be considered under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) subject to the approval of the programme selection committee.
Some applicants who do not fulfil the usual entry requirements may be invited for interview to satisfy the selection committee of their suitability for the programme.
All applicants are required to comment on the following statement:Please explain your interest in the MA in Digital Cultures. Briefly outline the narrative extent and analytic issues which you may be interested in as research topics for the MA Thesis. As this programme, requires engagement with digital tools for research, you should indicate your experience and aptitude for working with digital tools (750 words approximately).

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Tuition Fee

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International

17000 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17000 EUR per year during 12 months.
EU/EEA

6450 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6450 EUR per year during 12 months.

Funding

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

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Tuition Fee

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