History of Art with Collections Management (MA)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Years
Our MA History of Art with Collections Management will absorb you in the rich and dynamic discipline of the history of art as well as preparing you with the skills and experience you need for the museum workplace with an intensive skills-based Collections Management module.
You will gain a solid grasp of the key issues and fundamental skills involved in collections management and an insight into the different working practices of various museums and galleries. During an intensive week studying current issues and practices in collections management you will benefit from meeting curators and collections managers in London's museum and galleries sector, and engage in hands-on activities including documentation, cataloguing and issuing loan requests.
You will also have the opportunity to undertake a 10-week supervised work placement in one of London's thriving museums, galleries or archives. Previous work placements have been offered at the Tate, British Museum, Whitechapel Gallery and Horniman Museum. Past students have documented collections that were previously uncatalogued, helped design and run schools programmes, conducted visitor research and assisted curators in producing exhibitions.
As well as regular gallery and museum visits, we also offer an exciting study trip abroad every spring.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in the creative arts, media and education. Possible professions include museum/gallery curator, arts administrator, or advertising account executive. This degree may also be useful in becoming a community arts worker, multimedia specialist, or higher education lecturer.
A second-class honours degree (2:2 or above).
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Subjects
- Project
- Art
- Interpretation
- Frameworks
- Photography
- Compulsory
- Architecture
- Collections
- Theories
- Histories
Course programme
The MA comprises two compulsory modules, an option module, an independent research project or work placement, and a 15,000-word dissertation.
Option modules offer you the opportunity to follow specific interests and areas of research. The option modules listed below are a selection of those offered in past years.
COMPULSORY MODULES- Collections Management
- Frameworks: Histories and Theories of Art, Architecture, Photography
- Art and Devotion in Fifteenth-Century Italy
- Art and Identity: 'Race', Ideology, Culture
- Art and War 1814-2004
- Art in the Age of Giotto: evidence and interpretation
- Curating Difficult Histories: Museums, Exhibitions, Art Activism
- Fashioning the Body
- Gender, Modernity and the City
- Impressionism Now
- Inventing the Victorians
- The Art of Persuasion: Religious Imagery and the Catholic Reformation
- Museum Cultures Work Placement
- Research Exercise
- Dissertation MA History of Art
Additional information
FEES
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
History of Art with Collections Management (MA)