Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MA/MSc/PGDip/PGCert 18 months-2 years by distance learning
This programme allows you to gain an MA, MSc, PGDip or PGCert in Museum Studies to enable you to work at a museum or gallery or to participate in further academic research.
Our postgraduate programme in Museum Studies is grounded in museum practice and informed at every level by world-leading teaching and research.
We will introduce you to the tools you will need, your tutors and their latest research and a diverse series of learning events.
During this course, you will consider:
These topics will lead to the subject of how museums communicate with their audiences; what an exhibition is and how museums tackle them. You will be given expert training in sector-relevant research and professional skills and will have the option of studying specialist subjects such as heritage, museum education, the digital world and museums and the natural environment. There will also be plenty of study visits, visiting speakers from the sector and an opportunity to put on your own exhibition.
In recognition of the diverse employment needs of the culture sector, we recognise and credit a range of prior qualifications and experiences.
You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to, or strong interest in, museums, galleries, or other kinds of heritage or cultural organisation.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.
Your career development is fundamental to all aspects of our postgraduate Museum Studies teaching and curriculum. Collaborative working with a wide range of museums, galleries and other cultural organisations is critical to the development and delivery of all of our courses.
You will benefit from a programme of study visits to museums and galleries around the UK (six to eight per year), which will help familiarise you with a variety of working environments and organisations within the museum and gallery sector. These study visits provide numerous opportunities to meet a wide range of museum and gallery professionals.
MA/MSc
Core modules
Option modules
Choose four option modules from:
Plus your Research project
PGDip
Core modules
Option modules
Choose four option modules from:
PGCert
Modules
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