﻿{"id":9,"date":"2020-02-07T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/departments\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:38:16","slug":"departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"row no-side-margins\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Departments <\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"dept-list-container\">\n<div class=\"department-row\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2 class=\"dept-item-title-II\"><a id=\"culture\" name=\"culture\"><\/a>Department of Cultural Studies<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 dept-list-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/culturalstudies\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cultural Studies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/cltrdep.jpg\" title=\"cltrdep.jpg\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 dept-list-text\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/culturalstudies\">The Department of Cultural Studies <\/a>offers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/culturalstudies\/programmes\/undergraduate.aspx\">BA Caribbean Studies<\/a> (also with Minors), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/programme\/minor-in-cultural-studies\/\">Minor in Cultural Studies<\/a>, at the undergraduate level and at the graduate level, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/culturalstudies\/programmes\/postgraduate.aspx\">MA, MPhil, PhD and postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCultural Studies is a discipline that seeks to understand the complexity of culture and its political uses. Through the introduction of the postgraduate programme in Cultural Studies, it promotes the discipline at The UWI as an important area of study and research and, by so doing, stimulates academic discourse and promote understanding of Caribbean culture and identity.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"department-row\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2 class=\"dept-item-title-II\"><a id=\"dcpa\" name=\"dcpa\"><\/a>Department of Creative and Performing Arts<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 dept-list-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EBCCIdept.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/EBCCIdept.jpg\" style=\"width: 266px; height: 177px;\" title=\"EBCCIdept.jpg\" class=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 dept-list-text\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\">Department of Creative and Performing Arts<\/a> provides creative academic training in the arts, primarily in dance, film, theatre and music. The Department offers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\/programmes\/undergraduate.aspx\">Bachelor of Fine Arts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\/programmes\/undergraduate.aspx\">Bachelor of Arts<\/a> degrees providing an exploration into the practical and theoretical concept in the arts in the Caribbean context, with international perspectives. At the graduate level the Department offers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\/programmes\/postgraduate.aspx\">Master of Arts in Creative Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa\/dcpa\/facilities.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination<\/a>, a unit under the Department, has responsibility for facility rentals and events.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"department-row\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 dept-list-img\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 dept-list-text\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"department-row\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Departments Department of Cultural Studies The Department of Cultural Studies offers the BA Caribbean Studies (also with Minors), the Minor in Cultural Studies, at the undergraduate level and at the graduate level, the MA, MPhil, PhD and postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Studies. 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