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336 Master's degrees in Area & Cultural Studies in United Kingdom

Sociological Research Methods
The Sociological Research Methods programme from University of Essex provides a strong foundation in doing empirical research, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Leading Culture Change in Safeguarding
The Leading Culture Change in Safeguarding course offered by the University of Worcester brings together students working in health, education, social care, housing, sports and community organisations and across people’s life course, from antenatal care to the care of our older populations, and those keen to be change-makers in these fields.
Language, Culture and History - Italian Studies
The Language, Culture and History - Italian Studies MA from University College London (UCL) is a pathway in the faculty-wide MA in Language, Culture and History, offering an extensive range of modules in Italian literature, history and literary theory.

Global Media and Digital Cultures (Online)
The Global Media and Digital Cultures (Online) course from SOAS University of London provides students with a non-Eurocentric approach to addressing some of the key debates in contemporary lives
Literature, Culture and Thought
This Literature, Culture and Thought M.Phil programme from the University of Cambridge provides students with the critical and theoretical tools to enable them to undertake an in-depth study of specific aspects of European literature and culture and/or Latin American and Francophone contexts.
Culture, Media and Creative Industries Research
The MPhil/PhD in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Research at King's College London offers a comprehensive study programme. This full-time or part-time degree, typically lasting three years, is designed for those aspiring to excel in the cultural, media, or creative sectors. Engage with world-class research at a prestigious institution.

Buddhist Studies
The MA Buddhist Studies programme offered by SOAS University of London is an interdisciplinary programme that engages with Buddhism as a field of inquiry from a historical, philosophical, anthropological and material culture perspectives.

Cultural Studies
Throughout the Cultural Studies MRes programme from the University of Nottingham you'll develop your knowledge of cultural studies, learn to apply cultural studies approaches to contemporary social, political and cultural phenomena.

Consumption, Culture and Marketing - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Consumption, Culture and Marketing - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.

Early Prehistory and Human Origins
On this Early Prehistory and Human Origins course from University of York you'll explore the archaeology and approaches to human origins whilst working alongside internationally renowned specialists in early prehistoric archaeology and human evolution.

Heritage and Museum Studies
The interdisciplinary Heritage and Museum Studies degree from University of Essex offers specialist, practically-grounded and academic training exploring these questions and more. its intensive degree emphasises the real-world relevance of debates surrounding cultural patrimony, and the ways in which it is presented and consumed.

Digital Humanities and Culture
This Digital Humanities and Culture course at University of Leeds cultivates practical skills specific to digital disciplines, including data analysis and visualization, programming languages, and associated hardware e.g. 3D printing, grounded in a humanities approach to culture, texts and creativity.

Kurdish Studies
This Kurdish Studies programme from The University of Exeter is a unique course which places the history, politics and culture of the Kurds and Kurdistan, so often left at the periphery, at the centre of critical focus.

Postcolonial Studies
The MA Postcolonial Studies from SOAS University of London offers a focus on the historical relationships of power, domination and practices of imperialism and colonialism in the modern period (late nineteenth-century to the present) through the study of literature and culture.
Critical and Cultural Theory
This Critical and Cultural Theory MA programme from the University of Leeds takes a philosophical and historical approach to critical and cultural theory. We draw upon the major traditions of cultural theory, including semiology, feminism and gender theory, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, and Frankfurt School theories of the aesthetic, the media and technology.

Cultural Heritage Studies
Discover the cultural heritage industry on this master’s degree at the University of Southampton. Gain the knowledge and skills to specialise in an area relevant to your interests. You’ll graduate from the Cultural Heritage Studies programme with the expertise for a successful career in the sector, or for further study at PhD level.

Scottish History (distance learning)
Deepen your understanding of Scotland's history and heritage from home and examine the many different interpretations of Scottish History with the Scottish History (distance learning) programme from University of Dundee.

Holocaust (History Experience Heritage) - Pre-Master's Programme (PMP)
This one-year (2-semester) Holocaust (History Experience Heritage) - Pre-Master's Programme (PMP) from OnCampus Southampton offers successful students guaranteed progression to the University of Southampton.

Photography and Urban Cultures - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Photography and Urban Cultures - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Islamic Education - Theory and Practice
Islamic Education - Theory and Practice MA at the University of Warwick facilitates a critical dialogue between Western and Islamic approaches to education and enables teachers and Muslim educators to become research-based reflective practitioners.