MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies
Year 1
(Award available for year: Master of Arts)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the programme students should demonstrate:- in-depth, specialist knowledge and mastery of techniques relevant to the discipline and/or to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of concepts, information and techniques at the forefront of the discipline;- ability to evaluate critically the concepts, values and debates informing the techniques of museums, galleries, heritage research;- to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship;- to take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;- ability to formulate and structure cogent arguments, analyses and reasoned hypotheses based on appropriate evidence.- critically and creatively to evaluate current issues, research and advanced scholarship in the discipline.- ability to develop and advance a sustained, independent project of museological research.- awareness of and an engagement with professional contexts of museums, galleries and heritage.
Transferable (key) skills
Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;- critical engagement in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Assessment
Achievement for the degree of Master (taught programme) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the discipline;- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;- evaluating and criticising received opinion;- making reasoned judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.