Course summary
Are you fascinated by visual culture and exhibition practice? Do you want to pursue a career in the gallery and arts sectors? The MA in Art History and Curating is one of the few postgraduate programmes in the country that offers you the opportunity to work in a team with academic and museum professionals to develop a curatorial project such as a public exhibition. Our recent partners have included the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, in a unique partnership with the Royal Collection Trust, and Grand Union, an Arts Council England Portfolio organisation, working with contemporary artists. This unique programme enables you to develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to conduct original research into art objects and the history, theory and practice of curating historic and contemporary artworks. As a result of the range of modules and practical experience offered, this unique programme will provide you with the knowledge, experience and employability skills invaluable to the museum, commercial and academic sectors whilst enabling you to establish professional networks in both.
Modules
Curatorial Practices; Postgraduate Research Training and Methods; Criticism and Methods in the History of Art and Visual Culture; Art History in the Field: Placements; Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art; What is British Art; Exhibition Cultures
Assessment method
Dissertation.
Entry requirements
A 2.1 Honours degree, or equivalent if applicants were educated outside the UK.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT