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Museums and Galleries in Education MA

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This masters degree will:

  • combine academic study with professional educational practice
  • look at influential theories in museum and gallery education
  • use museum and gallery collections as a basis for curriculum development
  • interpret heritage sites – for example, gardens, industrial sites and historic buildings
  • increase your understanding of cultural influences on collections
  • articulate a rigorous argument for 'learning through culture'
  • understand the impact of technology on culture.

Features

This masters degree provides an opportunity to:

  • carry out a practical and theoretical study of museums and galleries as educational resources
  • engage with current funding and policy within the cultural sector
  • debate digitally enhanced learning in museums and galleries
  • learn on site with education staff at national, regional and university collections
  • gain flexible access to a range of historic and contemporary sites
  • have a 20-day placement in a museum, gallery or heritage site, where you will conduct a piece of research (full-time students only).

Who is this programme for?

Artists, arts administrators, designers, gallery and museum educators, heritage interpreters, lecturers and primary and secondary teachers, and people who are interested in working in informal learning in the cultural sector.

Entry requirements

A good first degree (minimum 2:1 honours) in a subject related to the arts, humanities or science, and professional or voluntary experience in museums, galleries or heritage.

How are you assessed?

By coursework assignments (including essays, DVDs, digital videos and/or websites), and a 12,000-word dissertation with a portfolio equivalent to 6,000 words or 8,000-word report.

Attendance

Face-to-face evening sessions and day blocks.

 

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