This programme is aimed at graduates wishing to develop a curatorial career within the field of contemporary visual arts. It enables you to pursue independent and self-directed working, and to lay the practical, intellectual and professional foundations for working in future curatorial roles or contexts.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in a relevant subject or equivalent professional or life experience.
A lower classification degree may be considered where other areas of the application are strong.
A good level of understanding of contemporary art, relevant to the applicant's own cultural context, is also required.
The programme will develop your knowledge and expertise in the field of contemporary curatorial practice, and you will acquire a core body of skills and attributes that are attractive to employers, including:
critical enquiry
research capacity
project-planning
project administration
budgeting
practical problem solving
professional working
Semester 1
Core course: Curatorial Practice 1 (40 credits)
Core course: Research Methods and Methodologies in Practice (20 credits) (delivered by The Glasgow School of Art)
Semester 2
Core course: Curatorial Practice 2 (40 credits)
Optional course: (20 credits)
Semester 3
Select one of the following:
Master’s Project in Curatorial Practice 1 (60 credits)
Master’s Project in Curatorial Practice 2 (60 credits)
Dissertation (60 Credits)
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