Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

The MA in the History of Art offers a wide range of special options designed to: equip students with a specialist knowledge in a specific field of Western art from Antiquity to the present. produce graduates with the methodological skills, research techniques and sophisticated understanding necessary for participation in a range of employment opportunities, especially in the arts and heritage sectors. provide a preparation for further academic study.

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Location

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London
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Somerset House, Strand, London, Wc2r 0rn, WC2R 0RN

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About this course

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Students will normally have achieved a good 2.1 in a humanities subject, considered to be an overall average 65% or above. We accept equivalent overseas qualifications (e.g. US applicants should have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above).

If you have earned another overseas qualification, please feel free to contact the Academic Registry for advice; however, please be aware that our staff are unable to confirm whether you will be invited to interview, as candidates are judged on the strength of their applications as a whole.
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Course programme

The taught courses have two elements that are in some cases integrated into a single sequence:

  • One focusing on art historical methods and techniques, and their application to the area of specialisation; and
  • A special option, in which one area is studied in considerable depth

The special option constitutes the major or defining component of each student’s MA course; each student follows only one. We hope that all students can follow their preferred option, but this is not always possible, as some options are filled more quickly than others. All options are subject to demand and The Courtauld reserves the right to make changes if and when they are necessary.

Applicants are asked to make three choices for their MA option, and state the order of preference. Choices will be considered in order of preference, according to the timescale on the first page of the application form.

Objectives

The MA in the History of Art offers a wide range of special options designed to:

  • equip students with a specialist knowledge in a specific field of Western art from Antiquity to the present
  • produce graduates with the methodological skills, research techniques and sophisticated understanding necessary for participation in a range of employment opportunities, especially in the arts and heritage sectors
  • provide a preparation for further academic study

As a graduate of the Courtauld's MA in the History of Art you will be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge and understanding of major developments and issues in a specific field of Western art. You will be aware of and be able to position your own analysis in relation to a range of interpretative methods employed in the discipline. This will involve:

  • familiarity with a substantial body of visual material and associated texts
  • an understanding and knowledge of relevant historical and intellectual contexts
  • a sophisticated and in-depth grasp of a specific period or field of art history, and the intellectual issues raised by its study
  • the experience of having undertaken supervised independent research and dealing with primary materials

Requirements

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Students will normally have achieved a good 2.1 in a humanities subject, considered to be an overall average 65% or above. We accept equivalent overseas qualifications (e.g. US applicants should have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above).

If you have earned another overseas qualification, please feel free to contact the Academic Registry for advice; however, please be aware that our staff are unable to confirm whether you will be invited to interview, as candidates are judged on the strength of their applications as a whole.

For applicants whose first language is not English, we require an IELTS bandwidth of 7.0 overall or recognised equivalent.

Art History

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