please circulate and bring to the attention of interested students,
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> MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
> McMaster University / Canada
>
> McMaster University has emerged in recent years as a national centre
> for the study of Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, with many
> faculty across a wide range of disciplines devoted to the critical
> analysis of contemporary culture. The Canadian Association of
> Cultural
> Studies was founded by faculty members at McMaster in 2002. The
> English
> Department offers a Combined Honours BA degree in Cultural Studies
> and
> Critical Theory with a set of courses that have been phased in since
> 1997, and two members of the Department wrote the first Canadian
> introductory textbook in Cultural Studies. And in 2004 the University
> appointed prominent cultural theorist Henry Giroux as the first
> Global
> TV Chair in Communication Studies.
>
> Building on these strengths, McMaster is launching a new MA in
> Cultural
> Studies and Critical Theory (CSCT) (approval pending from the Ontario
> Council on Graduate Studies), and is now accepting applications for
> admission in September 2005.
>
> The objective of the program is to allow students to engage the
> heterogeneous body of theories and practices associated with cultural
> studies and critical theory in the critical investigation of culture.
> ?Culture? here may be understood to comprise the objects, texts,
> practices, theories and concepts that have animated, shaped, and
> unsettled individual and social experience both past and present. The
> MA in CSCT will permit students to examine a wide range of cultural
> forms and expressions, from influential philosophical texts and
> avant-garde theoretical reflections, to materials and practices that
> have been typically overlooked in university study (e.g. television,
> cinema, cyberculture, and the practices of everyday life). The
> program
> allows students to engage in interdisciplinary research on topics
> such
> as gender, sexuality and the body; class, race and ethnicity;
> postcolonialism, diaspora, and globalization; identity, subjectivity,
> and representation; community and justice; ideology and
> power/knowledge; and technology and culture.
>
> The MA serves as both a terminal degree that provides students with
> the
> critical skills in writing and argumentation that prepare them to
> work
> in a wide range of areas (education; social and cultural policy; arts
> programming; radio, television and film; journalism, publishing and
> editorial work; technical writing and new media design; public
> relations and corporate communications; etc.), and as preparation for
> further graduate work at the doctoral level. All full-time MA
> candidates are offered a teaching assistantship so that they can gain
> some of the training and experience necessary for jobs in teaching.
>
>
> Program Requirements
>
> Core Courses: CSCT I and II (6 units)
> 4 elective courses (3 units each)
> major research project (40-50 pages)
>
> Students will take two compulsory core half courses:
> - ?Issues in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory: Power / Knowledge
> /
> Critique?
> - ?Issues in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory II: Sites and
> Spaces of Critique.?
>
> Students will be coming into the program from different disciplinary
> backgrounds and degrees of previous exposure to cultural studies and
> critical theory. The core courses will give all students a common
> background in these fields and will also function as a central
> intellectual meeting-place for students, who will be encouraged
> throughout the program to create a community of ideas and discussion
> as
> well as to pursue their individual projects.
>
> In addition, they will be required to take four one-term elective
> courses (or the equivalent) from an approved list. They will also be
> required to complete a major research project (MRP) of 40-50 pages.
> They will develop the research project in the first two terms and
> will
> work on it in a concentrated fashion over the summer term. The MRP
> will
> be directed and evaluated by a supervisor assigned by the Graduate
> Studies Committee of the English Department in consultation with the
> instructors in the program. At the end of the summer, in early
> September, all students present their research projects at a
> symposium
> and answer questions from other instructors and students in the
> program. The student?s performance in the symposium will be taken
> into
> account by the supervisor in evaluating the MRP. Completion time
> for the course work and the research project will be 12 months of
> full-time study.
>
>
> Admission
>
> Admission to the program will be on a competitive basis and admission
> will be annually in September. The minimum requirement to be
> considered
> for admission is the completion of an Honours BA program (or
> equivalent) in a relevant discipline or disciplines with an overall
> average of B+ in at least 6 full courses (or equivalent) of the
> relevant discipline(s) beyond the first-year level. (Students with
> Hons. BSc and BFA degrees who have the necessary background in
> cultural
> studies and critical theory may also be considered.) In addition,
> applicants must provide a detailed statement of intent and two
> academic
> letters of reference.
>
>
> Application
>
> Applications for the MA in CSCT should reach the Department of
> English
> at McMaster no later than FEBRUARY 1st, 2005.
>
> For application forms or more information please email us at
> [log in to unmask] (Peter Walmsley, Director of Graduate Studies),
> [log in to unmask] (Antoinette Somo), or [log in to unmask] (Ilona
> Forgoi).
>
> Additional information on the program will be added to the website in
> the near future: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~cstudies
>
>

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Imre Szeman
Director, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
Associate Professor of English and Sociology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street W.,
Hamilton, Ontario  L8S 4L9
Canada
Work: 905.525.9140 x23725 / Fax: 905.777.8316
http://globalization.mcmaster.ca
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~szeman

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