Master programs and postgraduate courses in humanities are aimed at young graduates with bachelor's or master's degree in letters, history, philosophy. Students, boys or girls, who follow these specialization programs aspire to a career in universities, think tanks, foundations as an expert, historian, philosopher, teacher or lecturer. These are advanced training courses attended by men and women who call themselves "humanists", fans of culture, languages, literature, and they want to make these interests become a professional activity. Master programs and continuing education programs in humanities, historical and philosophical area offer a deep cultural basis, open the minds of students and help them to acquire a specific basic preparation which is very much appreciated both by companies and universities, foundations, study centers where these graduates will go to work after graduation. The universities that offer these postgraduate courses have always special attention to students who attend them.
The course aims to equip students with sufficient knowledge to understand and evaluate the way in which Cultural Studies theories and methods are used in cross-cultural contexts and hence develop analytic skills for undertaking their own research projects.
The MA in Near and Middles Eastern Studies provides exceptional opportunities for studying this diverse and fascinating area at the postgraduate level through a variety of disciplinary approaches.
Modern linguistics is the scientific study of all aspects of the world’s languages from their sound systems and grammatical structure through to the interaction of language with culture, the study of meaning in language, and the use of language in modern technology.
The MA in Human Rights Law allows students to study human rights law, its application and relevance to a broad range of areas and legal issues, including Islamic law, Chinese law, gender, international law, conflict and labour law.
The degree has been developed to meet the needs of both development practitioners and researchers on international development, including those wishing to pursue an MPhil/PhD in International Development.
MA in Gender Studies is unique in that it refocuses issues of Western Gender Studies on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
This programme allows students to engage with some of the most dynamic and contemporary aspects of Asian and African art, as well as issues of marketing, display, tourist art, and shifts between regional, national and global identities
The MA Postcolonial Studies Programme offers a focus on the historical relationships of power, domination and practices of imperialism and colonialism in the modern period (late nineteenth-century to the present) through the study of literature and culture
The LLM programme is a single subject law programme that may be taken over a period of one year (full-time), or part-time over a period of two, three or four years. Every student will be required to take courses equivalent to four full units.
This MA offers an in-depth introduction to the yogic and meditational techniques and doctrines of India, Tibet, China and Japan within the historical and cultural context of their formation
This degree is designed either to prepare the student for advanced graduate work in a wide range of subjects related to Korea or as an end/qualification in itself.
This programme is unique in that we take a cultural and phenomenological approach to the anthropology of medicine
The SOAS MA programme in the Anthropology of Food offers students the opportunity to explore historically and culturally variable foodways, from foraging to industrial agriculture, from Europe and North America to Africa, Asia and South America.
The programme is designed to prepare students to progress to further academic study or to work in the field of development. Previous graduates have found employment in a range of regional, national and international public and private sector institutions
The MA in Migration and Diaspora Studies is a broad-based degree for students who want to receive specialized research training in Migration and Diaspora Studies, including a relevant language, which will prepare them to proceed to advanced postgraduate research in Migration and Diaspora Studies.
The degree offers students an opportunity to study politics in the region through a number of disciplinary approaches, such as political sociology, comparative politics, and international politics.
The degree offers courses dealing with particular regions or categories of art such as Fatimid art and architecture, Arab, Persian, and Turkish painting, Mamluk architecture, and applied arts and architecture of Ottoman Egypt and Syria.
SOAS offers the most comprehensive MA in Japanese Studies available anywhere in Europe.
The MSc in International Politics might be classified as a disciplinary MSc. In it, the objective is to give the student the opportunity to undertake a rigorous training in political theory, with special reference to the study of politics outside Europe and America.
This is one of the few Master-level programmes in History focusing on the study of Asia, the Middle East and Africa in the UK.