Art & Design Histories & Theories MA
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Woodlane Campus
2-3 years part-time
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Why study MA Art & Design Histories & Theories at University College Falmouth?
MA Art & Design Histories & Theories - additional information (1.36 MB)
The postgraduate Art & Design Histories & Theories course is a flexible part-time course that explores the last 100 years of art and design, from Art Nouveau and Post-impressionism to Post-modernism, and the cultural theories that have supported and interpreted this rich and dynamic period.
With teaching and lectures taking place in the evenings, this course offers students the flexibility they need to work alongside their studies.
Tell me more about the MA Art & Design Histories & Theories course
Art and design history is not just about the past; it’s also about the present and the future. The role that society has played in shaping art and culture over the last century and the role it will play in shaping the next is the focus of this innovative course.
Through research, analysis, criticism and theory, you’ll develop a critical awareness of contemporary culture as well as movements such as post-impressionism, art nouveau, pop art and postmodernism, in their wider social and historical context.
You’ll also identify and develop your own particular research interests. High-profile guest speakers and self-funded study trips to London, Paris, Berlin or Barcelona complement the course, whilst work placements give you the practical experience you’ll need to turn the inspiration you’ll find here into a rewarding profession. Recent students on the course have undertaken work placements at Tate St Ives and Newlyn Art Gallery.
Berlin study trip
Date: 15-19 February 2010
Cost: £200 (to be confirmed)
For more information and to pay the non-refundable deposit please follow this link to online payment
Conferences & Symposia
Our Art & Design Histories & Theories course plays host to a number of conferences, symposia and guest speakers. A number of videos covering these events are available for you to view here.
These have included a recent lecture by Dr David Serlin, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
David's lecture drew on examples from a range of sources -- cosmetic surgery to popular television, beauty contests to Marc Quin's sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant -- to explore the concept of normalcy, why it's bankrupt, and why it should be dismantled.
A podcast of this lecture is available to download here.
Student projects
http://historyofartanddesign.co.uk/
Research and publications
For further reference, there are papers to read from research and academic conferences to which Fiona Hackney has contributed. These papers will provide a sense of the research activities that go on in the course:
The Show/Tell issue of Working Papers on Design: Read online
Use Your Hands for Happiness: Home Craft and Make-do-and-mend in British Women's Magazines in the 1920s and 1930s', article by Fiona Hackney in Journal of Design History, Special Issue: Issue Do It Yourself: Democracy and Design, Edited by Paul Atkinson, Vol. 19 No. 1 2006. Read the article online.
Transatlantic Print Culture 1880-1940: edited by Ann Ardis and Patrick Collier and published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2008, the book is a collection of extended essays that were presented at ‘Transatlantic Print Culture,’ a conference convened at the University of Delaware in 2007; Fiona’s paper formed the basis of ‘Women are News’: British Women’s magazines 1919-1939,’ chapter 7 in the book.
This collection of essays maps out the remarkable sea change that happened both in the UK and in America in literacy, print and visual design around the turn of the twentieth century. For more information on this publication, please click here.
Answers and advice about the course
If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum
HelpMe Forum: MA Art & Design Histories & Theories
Funding your study
A Master’s degree represents a significant investment in your future, and you will rightly be concerned about funding. Our student fees & funding section outlines fees for full and part time students and has guides to introduce you to ways of funding your course at Falmouth.
Creative Enterprise Cornwall
Put your skills to use in Cornwall's dynamic business environment on a paid placement project
Creative Enterprise Cornwall is a project offering financial support to postgraduate students who live in Cornwall during their studies. It is run by University College Falmouth and part-funded by the European Social Fund. The aim of the project is to promote graduate opportunities within Cornwall - develop new business skills if you are changing your career, or use the opportunity to strengthen the skills you already have. A maximum of £1250 is available.
The placement project must meet the following criteria:
- It must take place in Cornwall or benefit a Cornish company
- It must meet your course objectives (Course Leader must agree to the placement)
- Must be a minimum of one working week in duration (maximum 3 weeks) and be confirmed by the company
More information about the project can be found here
Additional information
2010 Postgraduate Prospectus (4.82 MB)
Career opportunities
Graduates
from the postgraduate course in Art & Design Histories & Theories pursue
the subject through teaching and research, or via a career in art
museums, arts journalism, arts administration or related fields.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements through
the university sector include
Honours Degrees, Foundation Degrees and HNDs in a related subject.
If you have solid professional
industry experience rather than academic achievement, this may be acceptable
for entry to study at this level through a process called APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning).
Direct entry to the second year requires either a degree in art and/or design history or equivalent professional experience in the subject field.
For further information about MA Art & Design Histories & Theories at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 214360.
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