Goldsmiths, University of London, PhD, Cultural Studies

The programme offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture; students are introduced to a wide variety of perspectives and traditions; animated via a creative interface between disciplines; students develop a fundamental grounding in social and cultural theory; cultural studies and cultural research; as well as skills in ethnography; the programme encourages students to deploy these methods to articulate their appreciation of crucial debates in the public domains of the media; the culture industries; formal and informal institutions; and in the wider contemporary cultural scene; many students write text-based theses but approximately 1/3 of candidates produce theses that incorporate practical work in media and/or arts.