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MA Social History of Art

Year 1

(Award available for year: Master of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being able:
- to reflect on one or more of the following:
- the history of the discipline of art history;
- the contexts of its development;
- the debates that shaped, transformed and expanded the purview of art-historical enquiry;
- the strengths and limitations of art history and its engagements with other disciplinary models;
- to demonstrate awareness of the methodologies, concepts and interpretive strategies used by art historians
- to demonstrate knowledge of the histories and theories of art, architecture and/or material culture pertaining to three area of
art-historical or art-theoretical specialism
- to use advanced library skills and employ relevant citation systems for art-historical research
- to conceptualise and undertake postgraduate research in art history.
- to evaluate critically existing art-historical writings, their values and concepts
- to use visual- or, as appropriate, aural-conceptual skills to describe, analyse and reflect on the interpretation of aesthetic or
cultural artefacts, objects, events, processes or situations
- to formulate and structure cogent arguments, analyses and reasoned hypotheses based on appropriate evidence (visual,
textual or other)
- to conceive, develop, manage, and devise research strategies for, a sustained, independent project of art-historical or arttheoretical
research.
- to prepare and deliver oral presentation relating to their dissertation project.

Transferable (key) skills

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.

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