Museum Cultures (Postgraduate Certificate)

Birkbeck, University of London

Postgraduate

In London

£ 2,940 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

Museums have been of enormous importance in shaping empires, nations and cities, and their collections are connected to wider histories of conflict and social change. To study museums is to study the development and fierce contestation of our collective cultural imagination and memory.

Museum studies is a dynamic and expanding field. If you want an insight into contemporary debates about museums and their cultural significance, then our Postgraduate Certificate in Museum Cultures is the course for you.

The Postgraduate Certificate is ideal if you are interested in studying museum cultures at postgraduate level for personal or professional reasons, but you don't yet want to commit to a full MA.

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Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates can pursue careers in museums/galleries/auction houses, the creative arts, media and education. Possible professions include higher education lecturer, museum/gallery curator, or arts administrator. This degree may also be useful in becoming a researcher or advertising account executive.

A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in a relevant subject or equivalent (for example, professional experience).

A written exercise or sample undergraduate essay is required and applicants may be interviewed.

Applications are reviewed on their individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.

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Subjects

  • Global
  • Art
  • School
  • Museum Cultures
  • Approaches
  • Issues
  • Skills
  • Art Museums in a Global Age
  • Curating as Critical Practice
  • Histories
  • Museums

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

The Postgraduate Certificate comprises a compulsory module and one option module.

The compulsory module introduces you to contemporary debates within museum cultures. Option modules offer you the opportunity to follow specific interests and areas of research.

COMPULSORY MODULE
  • Museum Cultures - Approaches, Issues, Skills
INDICATIVE OPTION MODULES
  • Art Museums in a Global Age
  • Curating as Critical Practice
  • Curating Difficult Histories: Museums, Exhibitions, Art Activism
  • Exhibiting the Body
  • Museums, Memory and National Identity
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

Additional information

Duration

One term full-time or two terms part-time

FEES

Part-time home students: £2940 pa
Part-time international students: £5340 pa

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Museum Cultures (Postgraduate Certificate)

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