Museum and Heritage Studies

Museum and Heritage Studies will enable you to engage with the changing world of museums, galleries and heritage sites and organisations. As well as gaining a broad knowledge of the histories of art and design, you will also be involved in close study of the development of museum practice and theory and the construction and curation of collections of varying kinds. Specialist staff will encourage you to apply a range of critical approaches to current theoretical and practical debates within the broadly defined world of the twenty-first century museum.

Course structure

The course is structured around a series of core units, seminar-based options, special subjects, team-based projects and individual research projects. You will build up a core knowledge of the developing field of museology, together with the histories of art and design while also having the opportunity to develop your own specialist areas of interest through a wide choice of option courses.

You will benefit from our productive relationships with local museums, including student placements, and from the university's links with the Victoria and Albert Museum. We have unique research resources for students and staff in the Design Archives and Screen Archive South East. Our thriving and highly rated research culture ensures that you will have the opportunity to meet a wide range of visiting curators, researchers and writers.

Career and progression opportunities

A number of our graduates go on to study for further professional qualifications or postgraduate degrees, including our own History of Design and Material Culture MA.

Mode of Attendance : Full - time