PGDip in Race, Media and Social Justice
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Introduction
PGDip in Race, Media and Social Justice
The Postgraduate Diploma in Race, Media and Social Justice offers a rigorous and academic approach to this subject to deepen your understanding of contemporary issues regarding race and ethnicity. This will enable you to form your own interventions that can contribute to social justice and equality.
The program will provide an in-depth exploration of research and scholarship into race and ethnicity across the overlapping fields of sociology, media and cultural studies. An interdisciplinary approach is employed to giveyou the analytical tools and skills to explain and critique why contemporary understandings and representations of race take the shape that they do. The program is broadly framed in terms of issues social justice, specifically the social ideals of equality, valuing diversity, and the right to live in dignity, and how this relates to the formation of racial and ethnic identities.
Aims of the program
- Demonstrate an informed understanding of the complexities of race, social justice, activism and research;
- Understand the formation of ethnic and racial identities in relation to social justice specifically the social ideals of equality, valuing diversity, and the right to live in dignity;
- Understand how modern understandings of race and ethnicity are shaped by history and the legacies of empire and colonialism, as well as contemporary forces of commercialism and global capital;
- Develop a systematic understanding of key theoretical approaches to race and ethnicity and media apply them to critically examine current debates on race, ethnicity and racism;
- Recognise the media as a key site where understandings of race and ethnicity are simultaneously reinforced and challenged;
- Develop the critical and analytical skills to identify, explain and evaluate discourses of race and ethnicity, particularly in the media;
- Develop knowledge and/or skills that can be applied in a practical work context
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Full-time mode
Compulsory modules
- Race Critical Theory and Social Justice
- Race and the Cultural Industries
Part-time mode
Year 1: Compulsory modules
- Race Critical Theory and Social Justice
- Race and the Cultural Industries
Program Tuition Fee
English Language Requirements
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