Master of Arts in Carnival Studies

The Master of Arts degree in Carnival Studies programme will focus on Carnival as both a cultural product and a cultural practice that are unique to the multicultural society of Trinidad and Tobago. It will provide a lens through which students will come to understand the richness, aesthetic beauty and depth of the festivities relevant to the Carnival in particular and to the folk traditions of Trinidad and Tobago in general. The courses will deal with Mas, Masking and the Masquerade, the history and evolution of the music and the instruments as well as the management, business, development and spread of Carnival at home and abroad. This is a programme in which students will further their research and ethnography skills, study the history of Carnival, Calypso and Steel band, the relative economic and social issues that arise as well as the related and applicable themes of ethno-musicology and entrepreneurship. This is a programme in which students will further their research and ethnography skills, study the history of Carnival, Calypso and Steelband, the relative economic and social issues that arise as well as the related and applicable themes of ethno-musicology and entrepreneurship.