MSt in the History of Design

Master

Online

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

A tea cup, be it hand-painted porcelain, studio pottery or mass-produced ceramic, offers a glimpse of the rituals of everyday life and historical experience. A designed object or space reflects the individual, the society for which it was created, as well as its creator. It expresses aesthetic preoccupations and articulates historical and political conditions. Decoration challenges the hierarchies and contested inter-relationships between the disciplines and careers of artists, designers, crafts workers, gardeners, and architects. Such concerns reside at the heart of the study of the history of design.

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Subjects

  • Design

Course programme

  • Materials and Techniques of Design
  • Historical Methods
  • Research Project in the History of Modern Design
  • Dissertation
  • Decoration in Modern France
  • The Arts and Crafts Tradition in Modern Britain
  • Design in the Machine Age
  • Design, Body, Environment
  • Visual Cultures of the World Wars
  • Academic Writing and Contemporary Practice
  • Induction Weekend: Friday 4 October 2019 & Saturday 5 October 2019
  • Saturday 12 October 2019
  • Saturday 2 November 2019
  • Saturday 7 December 2019
  • Saturday 11 January 2020
  • Saturday 8 February 2020
  • Saturday 7 March 2020
  • Saturday 18 April 2020
  • Saturday 23 May 2020
  • Saturday 6 June 2020
  • Saturday 3 October 2020
  • Saturday 24 October 2020
  • Saturday 21 November 2020
  • Saturday 9 January 2021
  • Saturday 6 February 2021
  • Saturday 6 March 2021
  • Saturday 5 June & Sunday 6 June 2021
  • To develop further their critical understanding of the principles and practice of the history of design
  • To enhance their subject knowledge, analytical and communication skills needed for professional involvement in the history of design
  • To demonstrate a grasp of primary evidence to build on their critical understanding of the types of evidence used in the historical study of designed objects and sites and how they are selected and interpreted
  • To build on the appropriate skills and concepts for analysing material objects and textual sources
  • To enable the student to undertake their own research to be presented in essays, oral presentations and as a dissertation
  • To demonstrate an understanding of primary evidence and secondary sources through the application of appropriate analytical skills and concepts within a research context resulting in a dissertation.
  • Techniques and Materials (Object Case Study: 2,500 words)
  • Historical Methods (Methodology and Critical Sources Review: 3,000 words)
  • Research Project (Extended Essay: 5,000 words)
  • Graduates of any age seeking to develop their previous experience of critical analysis and writing about objects and sites through the study the history of design. The weekend delivery format of this programme has been designed to facilitate the study of those candidates whose employment or caring duties require flexible forms of study, whilst maintaining their momentum and progressing to a postgraduate qualification.
  • Studio practitioners in the fields of interior design, architecture, urban planning, etc. wishing to inform their own work within the creative industries with specialist knowledge of design history and current methodological debates.
  • Museum, heritage industry and art market professionals seeking to continue their professional development by enriching their specialist knowledge within the framework of postgraduate study.
  • Teaching professionals in art and design; history; cultural studies (from the HE, FE and secondary school sectors) seeking to deepen their grounding in the critical and contextual components of their teaching and research, continuing their professional development.

MSt in the History of Design

Price on request