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MA Art and Visual Culture

University of Westminster — London, United Kingdom

MA Art and Visual Culture is a postgraduate Art & Design course at University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It takes 1 year, costs £18,685 per year and starts in September and January.

Postgraduate · 1 year · Full-time · Art & Design · £18,685 per year

Intakes: September, January

The Art and Visual Culture MA is part of the Cultural and Literary Studies Suite, a cluster of four MAs that bring together academics, curators and practitioners who share a commitment to investigating modern and contemporary culture from aesthetic, critical, literary, and experiential perspectives. You'll share classes with students from the Cultural and Critical Studies MA, the English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Fictions MA, and the Museum, Galleries and Contemporary Culture MA, joining a fruitful and intellectually rigorous environment designed to facilitate the sprouting of interdisciplinary thinking. Top reasons to study this course (from the course page): - London museums and galleries on our doorstep – based at our Regent Street Campus in the heart of central London, we're able to incorporate the fantastic nearby museums and galleries into our teaching and learning - Work experience in the cultural sector – you have the option to gain practical experience through our Work Placement in Cultural Institutions module, benefitting from our proximity to London's cultural sector. Recent work placements have included institutions from the Victoria and Albert Museum to the British Film Institute - Institute of Modern and Contemporary Culture – as a postgraduate student, you'll become a member of our interdisciplinary Institute of Modern and Contemporary Culture, and enjoy the opportunity to engage with a rich and diverse programme of events Campus: Regent, Central London Duration: 1 year Start dates: Full-time - September 2027; Full-time - January 2027 International tuition fee: £18,685 (Price per academic year). The university states annual fees stay the same throughout your studies. Careers (from the course page): The Art and Visual Culture MA prepares you for careers in the art and cultural sector as well as academia. The combination of seminars, workshops and field trips that the course offers equips you with sophisticated critical thinking skills as well as practical knowledge of how the cultural sector operates. Our course offers you a unique combination of professional practice, creative development, skills enhancement, and contextual, specialist and interdisciplinary knowledge. Source: University of Westminster course page.

Modules

• Contemporary Art and Visual Culture (Core)
• Critical Approaches to Art and Visual Culture (Core)
• Dissertation (Core)
• Capitalism and Culture (Option)
• Digital Cultures (Option)
• Engaging the Archive (Option)
• Heritage in Action (Option)
• Management in Cultural and Heritage Institutions (Option)
• Museum Narratives, Audiences and Programming (Option)
• Representing World Cultures (Option)
• Urban Cultures (Option)
• Work Placement in Cultural Institutions (Option)
• Art Institutions and Contemporary Culture (Option)

Careers

• Cultural consultant
• Curator
• Editor
• Events and communications manager
• Journalist
• Media arts project manager
• Public relations specialist