(Award available for year: Master of Arts)
On successful completion of this programme you will be able to:
1. Demonstrate in-depth, specialist knowledge and professional skills relevant to art gallery and museum studies and/or to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of concepts, information and techniques at the forefront of the discipline;
2. Critically evaluate concepts, information and techniques at the forefront of the discipline;
3. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to your own research or advanced scholarship;
4. Take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;
5. Proactively formulate ideas and hypotheses and to develop, implement and execute plans by which to evaluate these;
6. Critically and creatively evaluate current issues, research and advanced scholarship in art gallery and museum studies;
7. Engage with professional contexts of museums, galleries and heritage, both physical and digital.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will have:
1. The skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
2. The ability to evaluate your own achievement and that of others;
3. Skills of self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
4. Skills of independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
5. The ability to engage critically in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Competence Standards
1. Effectively communicate complex ideas relevant to art gallery and museum studies.
2. Analyse critical concepts and professional codes of conduct within the field of art gallery and museum studies.
3. Effectively demonstrate independent learning leading to a final project, with appropriate support where required.
You will be assessed using a variety of methods. These include extended essays, reflective writing, presentations, practice-based projects, action-based learning, group work, and a dissertation. Our assessment is led by principles of relevance, fairness and inclusivity, and the development of vital skills beyond university, such as problem-solving, adaptability, self-reliance and reflexivity.
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