The Master's course in English Culture and Sociology is specially suited for those who, having completed graduate studies and possessing a sufficient mastery of the English language, would like to specialize in key aspects of Anglo-American culture and sociology.

From a personal point of view, this course of studies befits those who look upon culture as a much-wider phenomenon than high-brow culture, i.e. those who believe that cultural objects and processes can be legitimately ascribed to all spheres of human activity, rather than being restricted to more or less academic contexts. Thus a cultural icon such as Bart Simpson deserves as much serious attention as a National Gallery painting, for both contribute to revealing crucial patterns of human behaviour. This open-minded attitude usually implies a remarkable capacity for perceiving the mutable status of cultural artifacts otherwise deemed permanent and quasi-sacred, as well as for pointed cultural criticism.

From an academic point of view, the ideal student would have a degree in Modern Languages, Sociology, Contemporary History, Journalism, Economics and Business, Translation, Psychology, Anthropology, Communication and Media, Political Sciences, etc., that is to say, in any area which clearly overlaps the study of modern socio-cultural phenomena.

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