世界文化和文学硕士是一个创新的，跨学科的研究生课程，具有很强的文化研究重点和对一种目标语言和/或文化的深入研究。WCL MA计划着重于语言，文学和文化，旨在满足个别学生的学术和职业兴趣与需求，涉及广泛的可能方向。该方案解决了诸如现代性，后现代性，全球化，殖民主义和后殖民主义，跨国和跨文化问题，城市和侨民研究以及文化认同的形成等问题。它包括文学，电影，视觉，媒体和性别研究。语言核心领域的学生将熟练掌握目标语言，翻译技能，并在某些专心领域中接受应用语言学和第二语言教学的培训。
The M.A. in World Cultures and Literatures is an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate program with a strong cultural studies focus and in-depth study in one of the target languages and/or cultures. With an emphasis on languages, literatures and cultures, the WCL M.A. program involves a wide range of possible directions as it seeks to meet an individual student's academic and career interests and needs. The program addresses issues such as modernity, postmodernity, globalization, colonialism and postcolonialism, transnational and transcultural concerns, urban and diasporic studies, and the formation of cultural identities. It incorporates literary, film, visual, media and gender studies. Students in language core areas acquire high proficiency in the target language, translation skills, and, in some areas of concentration, training in applied linguistics and second language teaching.