PhD Cultural Analysis and Theory: Cultural Studies Track at Stony Brook University

Programme overview

The Cultural Studies track of the PhD in Cultural Analysis and Theory is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental doctoral programme for students whose interests cross the Humanities and Social Sciences. Areas of emphasis include popular and mass culture, minority and diasporic cultures, visual culture, media and technology, cultural production and transnational formations.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature | Duration: Minimum 48 graduate credits before the comprehensive exam, to be completed within three years of full-time study; degree must be completed within seven years of completing 24 graduate credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Stony Brook, NY, United States

What you will study

Core courses are CST 502 Theories in Cultural Studies, CST 510 History of Cultural Studies, CST 680 Cultural Studies Research Seminar and a teaching practicum (CLT/CST 698), plus twelve additional graduate courses, at least three of them CLT/CST/WST courses numbered 600 or higher. Students then complete a language requirement, a four-part oral comprehensive examination, a dissertation prospectus and a dissertation of normally 200 to 400 pages.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field from a recognized institution; competence in one foreign language as well as English, with reading knowledge of a second foreign language desirable; admission by the departmental graduate studies committee under Graduate School guidelines.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate School: the application fee is $100 (limited exceptions). Deadlines vary by program; for fall applications considered for funding the deadline is typically January 15.

Apply through the official page: https://www.stonybrook.edu/grad/admissions/apply-graduate-programs.html

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