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Heritage, Museums and Galleries
The flexible research Heritage, Museums and Galleries programme from Newcastle University focuses on our key research themes. These are: cultural politics and policy; identity, community and place; and representation and media.
Euroculture - Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context
Euroculture - Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context is an interdisciplinary, international Master programme offered by a consortium of eight European universities, including University of Groningen, and four universities overseas.
Malay Literature
The Malay Literature programme from University Putra Malaysia aims to equip candidates with knowledge of theories and practices relevant to the field of Malay Literature.
Multicultural Studies in Education
The Multicultural Studies in Education degree at University of Houston Clear Lake focus prepares teachers to address equity and diversity issues within the classroom, preparing educators and other professionals to explore, identify and advocate for human rights in a variety of environments, organizations and communities.

Politics, Development and the Global South - 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 Politics, Development and the Global South - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Women's and Gender Studies
This Women's and Gender Studies degree at Eastern Michigan University explores the conceptual, analytical and practical aspects of women and gender in a global context. The interdisciplinary nature of the women’s and gender studies program allows students, in consultation with the graduate advisor, to create tailored programs of study designed to meet their goals.
Latin American Studies and Public Health
The Latin American Studies and Public Health degree at The University of New Mexico is intended to prepare graduates to improve the health of Latin American populations and Latinx populations in the United States, with a primary focus on New Mexico, the Southwest, the United States/Mexico border region, and regions south of the border.
Comparative Literature and Culture with French
Study literature from across the world and explore cultures and societies in and beyond the English-speaking world. Gain a global outlook while learning from experts in languages, literatures and cultures.
European Thought and Culture
The European Thought and Culture program of University of California, Irvine (UCI), administered by the Department of European Languages and Studies in the School of Humanities, draws on expertise from faculty in other departments in the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences in order to take an interdisciplinary approach to this area of study.
Global Studies
The Global Studies programme at the University of Cape Town is offered in partnership with the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Reading
Reading from University of Central Oklahoma uses multiple educational settings to prepare students for a wide range of positions in the field.
Gandhian and Peace Studies
The Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies at the Panjab University came into existence in 1965. Initially one year Certificate Course in Gandhian Philosophy was started. In 1972, the Certificate Course was converted into a Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Gandhian Philosophy.
Global Studies
The Global Studies program's curriculum at Bard College places at its center the theory-practice nexus, equipping students with a sophisticated set of theoretical and conceptual tools and practical experiences that in combination will prepare them to understand the contemporary global landscape, where problems and solutions increasingly transcend territorially defined national communities.
World Heritage Conservation
The World Heritage Conservation programme at the University College Dublin is a part-time, online, distance learning course designed to equip you with current thinking and professional understanding of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (Research)
This Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (Research) programme from Radboud University combines joint interdisciplinary training with disciplinary courses in one of the specialisations: Historical Studies, Literary Studies, or Art and Visual Culture.
Cultural Geography
Our Cultural Geography course at Royal Holloway University of London reflects this dynamism, exploring the relationships between our physical world, human identity and mobility. We combine core concepts with research methods training and interdisciplinary scholarship and practice.
Media and Cultural Studies
The College of Humanities, the largest of UKZN’s four Colleges, is the home of critical thinking, social commentary and robust intellectual debate. It is aptly referred to as “The Soul of the University.” We offer a master degree in Media and Cultural Studies at University of Kwazulu Natal.
Italian Literary and Cultural Studies
The Italian Literary and Cultural Studies Program at the University of Connecticut is one of the most respected in the nation. It offers a full range of courses, from elementary language up to graduate courses in literature and critical.
Cultural Heritage Studies
The Cultural Heritage Studies programme offered at the University College London (UCL) covers practical and theoretical approaches to the key issues and working practices in the field of cultural heritage. Students benefit from the Institute of Archaeology's emphasis on the role of heritage in today's society, from the art and archaeology collections of UCL.
Atlantic Studies in History, Culture and Society
The Master’s degree programme in Atlantic Studies in History, Culture and Society at Leibniz University Hannover is the only programme in the whole of Germany that addresses social, cultural, political and economic relations in the South Atlantic from the interdisciplinary perspective of the Humanities and Social Sciences.