The MA in Jane Austen is an exciting and innovative programme that will enable you to study Jane Austen's work, her culture, and her reception. In workshops, seminars, guest lectures, and individual meetings with your tutors, you will learn about the historical and literary contexts that made Jane Austen, and chart the way that her popularity has increased in the modern day, impacting the tourist and heritage industries.
The programme combines academic and practical approaches, marrying the study of eighteenth-century culture and a range of modern scholarly approaches to Austen with insights into the heritage industry and literary tourism, and providing you with a broad set of skills. You will be taught by a team of specialists from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southampton who have published broadly on Austen, and who have experience of working in heritage positions. In addition, you will enjoy a lively programme of relevant events put on by the Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, and have unique access to the archives at Chawton House, former home of Austen’s brother, and now an internationally-recognised research centre for the study of early women’s writing.
Your contact hours will vary depending on your module/option choices. Full information about contact hours is provided in individual module profiles.
View the programme specification for this course for 2018/19 entrants
To Apply
Applications for the MA Jane Austen will open in May 2018
For further enquiries, please contact pgapply.fh@soton.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 23 8059 6809
Typical entry requirements
Degree
First- or upper second class honours degree in an Arts related subject.
English Language
IELTS 7.0 overall, with minimum of 7.0 in writing, 6.5 in reading, listening and speaking, or an equivalent standard in other qualifications approved by the University.
Mature applicants
Studying for a degree later in life can be extremely rewarding and mature students are often among our most successful.
If you are over 21 and feel you would benefit from degree-level studies, we can be more flexible about our entry requirements. For full-time courses, selectors will expect you to demonstrate your commitment by means of some recent serious study, for example, one or two A level passes, successful completion of an Open University foundation course or an appropriate Access course. Your application will be considered on individual merit and you may be asked to attend an interview.
Immigration issues
Potential Tier 4 sponsored students must make an appointment with VISAS before acceptance. Once in the UK, Tier 4 visa students are required to have full attendance monitoring. Any failure of attendance could lead to a termination of sponsorship by the University.
For further information, please contact our Admissions Team pgafh@southampton.ac.uk
The University’s Admission policy is available at:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentadmin/admissions/admissions-policies/index.page
Selection process
Selection process: Online application
Sample of written work (the work should be a piece of academic writing related to English Literary Studies or related field and which shows evidence of some research.)
Interview may be required on a case by case basis to assess suitability of course.
This page contains specific entry requirements for this course. Find out about equivalent entry requirements and qualifications for your country.
This page contains specific entry requirements for this course. Find out about
equivalent
entry requirements and qualifications for your country.
Typical course content
The MA Jane Austen programme may be studied over one year (full-time) or two years (part-time). It consists of two compulsory core modules Approaches to Jane Austen and Jane Austen and the Heritage Industry the 15,000-word dissertation, as well as a choice of up to four option modules.
As a student on the MA Jane Austen, you will also have the opportunity to audit a selection of relevant undergraduate modules to augment your own knowledge.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the
programme and the learning outcomes that a typical
student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if s/he takes full advantage
of the learning opportunities that are provided.
More detailed information can be found in the programme handbook (or other appropriate guide
or website).
Tuition fees
Fees for postgraduate taught courses vary across the University. All fees are
listed for UK,
EU and international full-time and part-time students alphabetically by course
name.
Funding
Scholarships, bursaries, sponsorships or grants may be available to support you
through your course.
Funding opportunities available to you are linked to your subject area and/or
your country of origin.
These can be from the University of Southampton or other sources.
Costs associated with this course
Students are responsible for meeting the cost of essential textbooks, and of producing such
essays, assignments, laboratory reports and dissertations as are required to fulfil the
academic requirements for each programme of study.
In some cases you'll be able to choose modules (which may have different costs associated
with that module) which will change the overall cost of a programme to you. Please also
ensure you read the section on additional costs in the University’s Fees, Charges and
Expenses Regulations in the University Calendar available at www.calendar.soton.ac.uk.
