MA Society and Culture: Meaning, Making, Consuming

University of Exeter

Overview

You will acquire a broad, general knowledge of current debates within both sociology and anthropology at the same time as developing specialist knowledge of the key social and cultural dynamics shaping a range of forms and artefacts, pursuits and practices
We will train you to identify and analyse a wide range of social processes and dynamics as they relate to the production, distribution and consumption of ‘mass’, ‘popular’ and ‘high-brow’ cultural forms and artefacts and to think critically about the modes by which they are evaluated and understood
You will be equipped with both traditional and cutting-edge research tools used for studying the relationship between culture, society and everyday life
Join a truly multicultural and culturally enriching environment, comprising of students from all three disciplines in the department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology
You will develop a wide range of key transferrable skills that are highly valued by employers within a range of professions.

Teaching and research
Learning

The department is home to several leading figures in the subject areas covered by our MA Society and Culture: Meaning, Making, Consuming programme. Giving students the opportunity to be taught by and learn from some of the most esteemed and respected scholars in their respective fields.

Many of the modules offered on the MA Society and Culture: Arts,?Meaning, Making, Consuming is taught by staff members who are actively engaged in research within their specialist areas. Very often, this means that students are usually taught using journal articles, monographs and textbooks, written by the course leader. For instance, the module coordinator has written extensively in areas of sociology and is currently the editor for the journal, Cultural Sociology (Sage). Not only does this mean they have direct access to the authors whose work they are reading and engaged with, but the opportunity to discuss the ideas and themes directly both in seminars and a range of more informal settings.

The interdisciplinary nature of the department means that students can pursue their interest in culture and cultural phenomena from a range of disciplinary perspectives not limited to but overlapping with sociological and cultural sociological perspectives.

Careers
Employer-valued skills

In addition to the specialist knowledge, you will gain during your programme, you will also develop transferrable skills valued by employers such as:

Researching, analysing and assessing sources of information
Written and verbal communication skills
Managing and interpreting information
Developing ideas and arguments