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1. CASTCAST
Research Master (MPhil)
Cultures of Arts, Science, and TechnologyCultures of Arts, Science, and Technology

2. What’s special about CAST?What’s special about CAST?
• Research master
• 2-year programme (but see slide 4, below)
• M Phil degree
• Selective
• Typical ‘Maastricht’ focus
on
• Cultures
• Arts
• Sciences
• Technologies

3. What is a research master?What is a research master?
• Makes you a scientific researcher in a
specific field
• Field in this (CAST) case:
• Study of and intervention in relations between the
Arts, Science, and Technology
 scientific
 political
• From philosophical, historical, sociological (+
anthropology and political sciences) and literary
perspectives

4. What does ‘2 years’ mean?What does ‘2 years’ mean?
• Curriculum comprises two years, full
time
• Dutch students receive a 5th year of
state scholarship (studiefinanciering)
(However: qualified students with an appropriate one-
year MA degree may enter CAST at the beginning of
the second year: see below)

5. Why study CAST?Why study CAST?
You should study CAST ...
1. When you are curious and have an
inquisitive mind; when you are adventurous
enough to leave trodden paths; when you
are creative in asking questions and
investigating things...
2. Because, then you may:
• want to be a researcher
• in the interdisciplinary field of philosophical-historical-
sociological-literary studies
• of arts, science, and technology

6. What jobs lay ahead?What jobs lay ahead?
• A job as researcher in organisations
such as GR, Rathenau, WRR, AWT,
TNO, ministries, …
• University jobs and other senior
research jobs after you complete
additional PhD training

7. What is an MPhil degree?What is an MPhil degree?
• A master’s degree with a high
(international) standing, indicating your
capacity to continue with a PhD
The other master degrees are:
• MA: Master of Arts (in the humanities and social sciences)
• MSc: Master of Science (in the natural and technical
sciences)

8. Relation withRelation with
‘graduate research schools’?‘graduate research schools’?
• Graduate research schools:
• Are for doing a doctorate by writing a dissertation
(proefschrift)
• Have a 4-year programme (sometimes 3 years for
MPhil students)
• CAST is related to:
• WTMC (science, technology, and modern culture)
• Huizinga (cultural history)
• OSL (literature)

9. What will I learn?What will I learn?
• Hands-on research
• Variety of qualitative methodologies (historical, philosophical, literary,
anthropological, sociological)
• Explicit reflection and (self-)critique
• Different kinds of writing
• Review article
• Conference paper
• Exhibition catalogue
• Research report
• Scholarly research thesis
• Different kinds of research (scholarly, contract)
• Critical, scholarly review
• Manage your own projects
• Acquire funding

10. What is the curriculum?What is the curriculum?
(modules and ECTS-points)
FirstFirst yearyear
• Entering the field (12)
• Rules of the Game (12)
• Getting a feel for research
(6)
• Optional course (12)
• the culture of innovation
• digital culture
• beyond the three cultures
• Project (12)
• Various (6)
Second yearSecond year
• Research internships (24)
• Thesis workshops & master
classes (6)
• Thesis research and writing
(30)
Participation in departmental research seminars

11. What are examples ofWhat are examples of
internships?internships?
• Gezondheidsraad: “Xenotransplantatie: Achtergronden,
wetenschappelijke ontwikkelingen en maatschappelijke
implicaties“
• STT: “Op het kruispunt van Muziek, Religie en Technologie—
Een deelverkenning”
• Rathenau: “De Gebruiker Centraal? Een inventarisatie van
gebruikersgericht onderzoek op het gebied van Ambient
Intelligence en gezondheid”
• Cornell University: “Analysing online digital music technologies.
The case of ACIDpalnet.com”
• Louisiana State University: “Coastal engineering in New Orleans
and the Netherlands compared ”

12. What are examples ofWhat are examples of
thesis (plans)?thesis (plans)?
• The role of Internet in the cultural integration of
Turkish immigrants
• Of churches and museums — When turns a religious
object into an art object?
• Posthumanism in the subcultures of heavy metal,
(industrial) gothic and mecha-anime
• History of the governance of nanotechnology
• Just what the doctor prescribed? – ICTs and health
education in Uganda
• Hearing protection in symphonic orchestra’s
• Sensing Seseo

13. Can I enter half-way?Can I enter half-way?
• Yes, some students are accepted at the
beginning of the 2nd year
• Requirements: top results in a relevant
MA degree
• Resulting curriculum: first two 1st year
CAST courses + Thesis (no internship)
• Application dossier: same as all
applicants; see below

14. What will I do?What will I do?
• Read
• Write
• Discuss
• Archival research
• Interviewing
• Ethnographic
observation
• Contract research
• Developing innovative
presentations
• Present
• Lectures
• Working groups
• Projects
• Individual and group
research
• Master classes with
international experts
• Thesis research

15. How do I apply?How do I apply?
• Application dossier must contain:
• Curriculum vitae
• Certified copies of diploma and grades’ list of bachelor degree
• Description of bachelor curriculum, providing brief course summaries
• Two specimens of writing, done in the undergraduate programme
• A personal letter (800 – 1200 words) describing the motivation to join the
CAST programme
• Two letters of recommendation
• Procedure involves: dossier (including a personal motivation
letter), language test (7.0 or higher), possibly an interview
• Use the application form from the UM-FdCW
website: http://www.unimaas.nl/default.asp?template=werkveld.htm
&id=47S73HMW7W3LH5R1Q1J4&taal=en

16. What is IELTS?What is IELTS?
• IELTS is the language test that you need to
perform
• Information: http://www.ielts.org
• You need a score of 7.0 or higher
• For Dutch students: you can take the test
every second week in Utrecht or Amsterdam
• For all nationalities: do make this test soon in
the New Year, since later in Spring there will
be longer waiting times!

17. What are the deadlines?What are the deadlines?
• for EU/EEA Students: 1st
June 2007
• for non-EU/EEA students who need a visa or a residence
permit: 1st
April 2007
• Extra extended deadline for students whoExtra extended deadline for students who
are interested to apply for a PhD studentare interested to apply for a PhD student
position in 2008: 15 August 2007position in 2008: 15 August 2007
More information: see website:
Http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl