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University of the Witwatersrand

Master of Arts in Critical Diversity Studies

The Master of Arts in Critical Diversity Studies in Arts is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Master of Arts in Critical Diversity Studies offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

The Master of Arts by coursework and research report in the field of Critical Diversity Studies aims to enhance your abilities to analyse, interpret, challenge, and contribute to the crucial issues of diversity and how these relate to social justice.

Overview

The Master of Arts in the field of Critical Diversity Studies is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree.

Deepen your theoretical understanding of how diversity issues play out in society; how intersecting formations of difference are constructed, promoted, resisted, subverted and reframed. Develop the thinking skills of Critical Diversity Literacy: the ability to interpret nuanced dynamics of power acting upon various axes of difference. Acquire skills for applying theory to transformational practice.

Curriculum

Involves coursework and research:

Two core compulsory courses: 1) Theorising  Diversity, Difference and Otherness; and 2) Critical Diversity Literacy

A third elective chosen from cross-listed courses in disciplines across the Faculty of Humanities

A research report