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The Northern School of Art: Design History
| Institution | The Northern School of Art |
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| Department | Higher Education |
| Web | http://www.northernart.ac.uk |
| studentrecruitment@northernart.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 01642 288888 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
This exciting Master’s degree offers you the opportunity to study design history and material culture, with a view to creating your own specialist focus.
This fascinating Master’s degree offers you the opportunity to study design history, providing you with a body of knowledge and experience which will potentially support a future career in areas such as auction houses, curation, heritage properties, teaching, design journalism and areas of the museums and galleries sector.
This Master’s degree is for students who wish to study design history from a theoretical and/or practice perspective. The programme will offer access to artefacts, heritage properties, museums, auction houses and archives as well as our costume and design study collections.
The curriculum focuses on research methodologies and ethics, how materials work and transform material culture, design cultures and a work-related project that may utilise experience in an external institution or focus on the design study collection. Further modules will develop research application through seminars on critical thinking and debate. The dissertation will bring together the research and application skills learnt in previous modules.
The programme has a range of approaches to the study of design history including the identification, evaluation and application of material culture from the viewpoint of historical and social debates as well as textual, material and/or performative narratives.
Lectures, seminars, tutorials, object analysis workshops and self-directed study will form your learning on this degree. Your studies will benefit from: - Small, focussed group activities
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Access to expert staff
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The opportunity to focus your research on your own specialist area of interest
Master of Arts - MA (PG)
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | Applicants must have either... • Degree at 2:2 and evidence of postgraduate study (PGCE teaching qualification, PG Certificate or PG Diploma) • Degree at 2:1 or above, or is currently studying at Level 6 • Experiential learning in lieu of a degree to be assessed by Course Leader Candidates holding other academic qualifications may also be considered for admission provided that they have substantial relevant professional experience. You must also supply two references to support your application, one should be an academic reference and the other from a creative practitioner. Applicants who meet the entry requirements above will be required to submit a proposal outlining their intentions for MA study. The programme leader and specialist practice-based staff will evaluate the proposal to determine its feasibility in the context of the resources required and the availability of specialist staff to support their chosen area of study. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL) The Northern School of Art has a commitment to widening access to higher education. The University demonstrates this commitment through its Access and Participation Plan, arrangements for transfer and recognition of prior learning. For further information about entry requirements for the Masters programme please email our Admissions Team at interviews@northernart.ac.uk |
| Location | The Northern School of Art Church Square Hartlepool TS24 7EX |
Fees
| England | 6500 GBP for Year 1 |
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| Northern Ireland | 6500 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 6500 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 6500 GBP for Year 1 |
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