2010-2011 Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Cultural Studies
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Faculty
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Academic Program
Cultural Studies situates culture as a site of struggle among structures of power, representation, and subjectivity. Our methods of study are critical in so far as we emphasize not only the ideological dimension of cultural practices but also their radical political potential. We are also reflexive in our approach in so far as we emphasize the ideological investment by cultural studies in the processes of its own production. The fields in which our faculty specialize include history, feminist and queer studies, critical race theory, film and media studies, literary studies, postcolonial studies, Transatlantic studies, psychoanalysis, science studies, historical perspectives on immigration, memory and nationalism, as well as the Frankfurt and Birmingham Schools.
We are concerned to link cultural theory to cultural practices and activist politics. Students are required to take courses in a variety of research methodologies appropriate to the discipline of Cultural Studies, including ethnographic field research methods, visual research methods, oral history, archival studies, and film or literary theory and analysis.
Instruction in Cultural Studies is carried on in seminars. Classes are small and each student’s program is designed individually. A favorable student-faculty ratio allows for an unusual amount of individual attention from faculty members. Students work with faculty advisers in planning their course of study; candidates for the Ph.D. work closely with a faculty committee composed of professors in the student’s fields of study.
Students have considerable choice in the design of their course of study, including choice of concentrations and minor fields. Working closely with faculty advisors, students devise a course of study that gives them intellectual depth in Cultural Studies as well as one other traditional humanities field. Cultural studies courses are also an attractive option for students obtaining degrees in the social sciences, religion, education, politics, or Arts and Cultural Management.
Admission Requirements
MA and PhD applicants to the Cultural Studies program are required to submit a 10 to 20 page writing sample along with the other application materials.
Degree Requirements
Advising
Each student is assigned an advisor upon entering the program. A student may change advisors, but the initial assignment guarantees immediate coordination and planning to each student. Advisors also work with students in selecting faculty committees for the MA final research paper and PhD exams and dissertations.
Concentrations
MA or PhD students interested in Media Studies or Museum Studies may choose to complete a concentration in these fields. Requirements for these concentrations are as follows:
Media Studies
12 units must be taken as approved Media Studies courses taught by faculty at CGU or the Claremont Colleges. In addition, one of the student’s Research Methods Courses must be in the field of Media Studies. Current approved Media Studies Research Methods courses include CLST 355 Visual Research Methods, CLST 377 Film Theory and Criticism and HUM 340 Digital Methods for Humanities Research. Students may also complete an optional internship.
Museum Studies
8 units must be taken as approved seminars in Museum Theory and History. This concentration also requires students to complete a 4-unit internship (approximately 100 hours.)
Links to Specific Degrees or Further Information
Cultural Studies, MA
Cultural Studies, PhD
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