Graduate Diploma Art History with English for Academic Purposes

Postgraduate

In Colchester

£ 4,900 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    9 Months

About the course
This course is for you if you need to improve your English language skills and subject knowledge of art history before going on to a Masters course

You improve your language fluency and academic vocabulary, develop your academic skills, and gain experience of western methods of teaching and learning so that you can progress onto a relevant Masters course in our School of Philosophy and Art History


At Essex, you can progress onto our MA Art History and Theory, MA Curating Contemporary Art, MA Gallery Studies and Critical Curating, or MA Gallery Studies with Dissertation


Our International Academy offers some of the best routes for international students to enter higher education in the UK

Our innovative courses and programmes have proved very successful with international students and have also attracted UK students because of the distinctive learning environment we offer


If you are an international student, you may find that the education system in the UK is slightly different from other countries and, sometimes, that the transition to the British system can be challenging

Our courses help you to settle in and adapt to life in the UK


Alongside improving your academic English skills, you also study two important areas of art history, focusing on a combination of Italian Renaissance art, modern European art, and contemporary art


Our School of Philosophy and Art History is ranked 6th among art history departments in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014) - ahead of all but three of the Russell Group - with 89% rated as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Art
  • Art History
  • English
  • International
  • Teaching
  • School
  • Philosophy

Course programme

Example structure
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
English for Academic Purposes
Advanced English for Academic Purposes
Critical Reading and Seminar Skills
Extended English for Academic Purposes Project
Photography in History (optional)
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software and the Internet (optional)
Art & Ideas III (optional)
Art, the Law and the Market (optional)
Reworking the Past (optional)
Visualising Bodies (optional)
Inventing the Future: Early Contemporary 1945-1980 (optional)
Teaching
Subsidised gallery visits and visits to works ‘in situ’ for each course
Your teaching consists of interactive classes, workshops and tutorials
There will be an emphasis on learner independence, peer- and self-assessment
You will also have the opportunity to attend seminars organised by our Department of Language and Linguistics
Assessment
Your assessed coursework will generally consist of essays, in-class tests and individual oral presentations
You may be required to sit exams during the third term of your academic year
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Additional information

As such, you will be taught by some of the most innovative scholars in the field Additionally, because we are a small school, you will be taught by our expert staff in your very first year, a rarity in UK art history courses Our expert staff We are a dynamic group of art historians who investigate the production and reception of images and the built environment, across cultures and media, from the early modern period to the present day Our staff’s research interests include activist art, modernist art and totalitarianism, art and science, the artistic status of body modification, expressions of societal anxiety in art, as well as architecture and urbanism We also have significant experience in curation and public engagement Recent projects include: Dr Gavin Grindo co-curated the Disobedient Objects exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, which was one of the most well attended shows in the museum’s history Dr Matt Lodder has acted as contributor for various television shows on body art and body modification, including the Today programme, the Jeremy Vine Show, Sky News, BBC Breakfast News, ‘Coast’, and National Geographic’s ‘Taboo’ Dr Natasha Ruiz Gómez co-organised a major conference on Collect, Exchange, Display: Artistic Practice and the Medical Museum at the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London Specialist facilities By studying within our International Academy, you will have access to all of the facilities that the University of Essex has to offer: We provide computer labs for internet research; classrooms with access to PowerPoint facilities for student presentations; AV facilities for teaching and access to web-based learning materials Our new Student Services Hub will support you and provide information for all your needs as a student Our social space is stocked with hot magazines and newspapers, and provides an informal setting to meet with your lecturers, tutors and friends Our...

Graduate Diploma Art History with English for Academic Purposes

£ 4,900 + VAT