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MA Literature at University of Essex

University of Essex, United Kingdom

Programme overview

The MA Literature is a one-year full-time Masters (also available part-time) taking a comparative approach to world literature in English across time, geography and genre. Seminar groups usually have 10-15 students.

Faculty: School of Language, Literature, and Media  |  Department: Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

A 80-credit dissertation, a compulsory Dissertation Preparation: Postgraduate Research and Writing Skills module (20 credits) and four 20-credit options from a list; reading ranges from early modern literature to African American and Caribbean literatures.

Career pathways

Graduates have become writers, scholars, university lecturers, teachers, publishers and editors, journalists, arts administrators, theatre artistic directors, drama advisers and translators.

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Application information

Entry requirements

2:2 degree in American Studies, Art History, Creative Writing, Film and Media Studies, History, Journalism, Law, Literature, Modern Languages, Music, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology or Theatre/Drama Studies. International applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in all other components. A pre-sessional English pathway is available for applicants who do not meet the IELTS requirement.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,600 for the whole programme. Fee stated as a single figure for the one-year course; academic year not stated on the page. Source

International applicants: GBP 25,075 for the whole programme. Fee stated as a single figure for the one-year course; academic year not stated on the page. Source

Intake: October 2027

Duration: 1 year

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