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Literature and Arts

Taught programmes

MSt in Literature and Arts

Course Code | 000645

This interdisciplinary programme encompasses literature, history, art and architectural history and philosophy, and focuses on three sequential periods of British culture from Late Medieval to The Nineteenth Century.

The challenges of interdisciplinary study are addressed in two on-line modules, whilst the residences take full advantage of the university’s library, museum and monumental resources to encourage a multi-faceted understanding of the past.

  • Length of programme: Two years, part-time study comprising four five-day residences in Oxford and two online components
  • Core and optional courses:
    Core courses:
    • British Culture in a Global Context
    • Five Views of c19th Oxford - Methodology and Critical Approaches 1 (Online)
    • An Interdisciplinary Case Study - Methodology and Critical Approaches 2 (Online)
    Optional courses:
    Over 3 residences students take 6 options from a range of disciplines in the humanities relating to British culture in the late medieval/early modern period, the ‘long’ eighteenth century and the ‘long’ nineteenth century.

    Subjects may include ‘The Late Medieval Church’, ‘Portraiture and Commemoration in the Sixteenth Century’, ‘Writing the Republic: Milton, Marvell and their Contemporaries’, ‘English Collectors, antique sculpture and Neo-Classicism’, ‘The Rise of the English Novel’, ‘Wesley and Wilberforce: Evangelicalism and British Culture’, ‘The British Empiricists’, ‘The Oxford Movement and Neo-Gothic’, ‘The Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris’
  • Programme specification External link

How to Apply

For application deadlines for the MSt in Literature and Arts, please see the Continuing Education website.

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a taught course comprises:

In addition to the standard documents above, applicants to the MSt should provide two (2) academic essays or other writing samples of 2,000 words each, or 2,000-word extracts of longer work.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the Continuing Education website for any additional guidance.

Academic resources

Students will have full access to the Rewley House Continuing Education Library , the Bodleian Library (including its electronic resources) and other university libraries such as the English Faculty Library, the Sackler Art Library and the History Faculty Library.

The course will also draw upon the resources of the University’s museums and art galleries.

Academic staff profiles

Dr Cathy Oakes (Course Director)

Director of Studies and University Lecturer in the History of Art, Department for Continuing Education, and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Dr Sandie Byrne

Department Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing, Department for Continuing Education.

Dr David Grylls

Director of Studies and University Lecturer in English Literature, Department for Continuing Education, and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Dr Christine Jackson

University Lecturer in History, Department for Continuing Education, and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Dr Claire O'Mahony

University Lecturer in History of Art and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Dr Elizabeth Gemmill

University Lecturer in History and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Dr Mark Smith

Director of Studies and University Lecturer in Local History, Department for Continuing Education, and Fellow of Kellogg College.

Graduate destinations

Future research and career paths might be doctoral programmes, teaching, curatorship, journalism, and a range of creative initiatives

Related programmes

  • MSt in the History of Art and Visual Culture (full time)
  • MSt in the History of Design (part time)
  • MSt in English (full time)
  • MSt in Medieval Studies (full time)
  • DPhil in Architectural History (part time)
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Entry requirements

Humanities undergraduate degree of good standing, or relevant equivalent qualification and professional experience

 

Selection criteria

Selection criteria on the Literature and Arts website External link

 

English language requirements

Higher level

 
Number of applicants
2012/13

62

 

Number of places available
2013/14

25

 

Statement of Provision

Literature and Arts - Taught External link

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