Construction and representation of cultural identity

This master's degree offers advanced training in the definition and analysis of processes involved in the cultural construction of ideas, in particular the notion of identity, and in the representations of these ideas in literature, cinema, theatre and other media. It also addresses issues of receptions, translation and cultural management in the context of multicultural societies in constant transformation that make up today's world. 
The objective of this master's degree is to provide quality education in the field of literary analysis that matches the cultural realities of the modern world, marked by increasing contact and exchange between cultures in an overarching process of globalization. The goal is for students to develop cultural and text analysis skills and the ability to evaluate the phenomena of intercultural reception, which are essential for the critical appraisal of changing, plural realities.
The degree has a study load of 60 credits, divided as follows: 12 credits for compulsory subjects, 12 credits for compulsory specialization subjects, 24 credits for optional subjects, and 12 credits for the individual final project.
The following specializations are offered: 

• Literature, Gender and Identities
• Literature and Interculturality

The syllabus is designed to provide the foundations for specialization in the field of intercul-tural and gender studies. Students must complete a total study load of 60 credits, distrib-uted as follows:

• 2 compulsory subjects: These provide the core content for all students and give a gen-eral overview of intercultural and gender studies.
• 2 specific subjects for the chosen specialization: The 2 specializations give students the chance to examine the specific aspects of either gender studies or intercultural studies in greater detail.
• 4 optional subjects: Each student selects from a common group of optional subjects that have been designed to cover important aspects of the two specializations as well as re-flecting the importance of studying literature on the subject in its original language, which is crucial to understanding the underlying identities.
• Final Project

Requirements

• An official Spanish degree.
• A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.
• A qualification from outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, the qualification should be recognized as equivalent to an official Spanish degree. If it is not recognized, the University of Barcelona shall verify that it corresponds to a level of education that is equivalent to official Spanish degrees and that it authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.
• EHEA bachelor's degree in English, Arabic and Hebrew, French or modern language and literature.
• Pre-EHEA bachelor's degree in German, English, Arabic, French, Galician and Portuguese, or Italian.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent undergraduate degree in other languages (Catalan, Classics, Spanish or Romance Languages) or in literary studies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent undergraduate degree in humanities.
• Foreign degree qualification equivalent to one of these degrees. 
• Academic record for previous studies
• Statement of interest 
• Curriculum vitae
• Students who wish to take the subjects that are taught in English must have English language skills equivalent to at least level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Scholarships

• General grant
• Mobility grant – Erasmus
• UB collaboration grant
• Departmental collaboration grant (MECD)
• MAEC-AECID grants
• Financial aid for participation in international mobility programs
• UB grants for exchanges with foreign universities
• UB grants for Els Juliols summer courses
• Drac Program grants
• Ajuts de matrícula per als estudiants amb circumstàncies personals sobrevingudes