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Degree Programme Table: Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCIMCAH1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Alternative relevant option courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Half of the full-time credit load must be taken in each year. Exact arrangements can be made to suit the individual student's requirements but this must be discussed with the Director of Studies before any courses are chosen. Please note that 'Internship in a Museum or Public Institution HIAR11103' is a full year, 20 credit course with the majority of the course content taking place in Semester 2.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Research: Theories and Methods

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Research: Theories and Methods and The Cultures and Politics of Display as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Research: Theories and Methods
HIAR11037 20 credits
OR

The Cultures and Politics of Display

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Research: Theories and Methods and The Cultures and Politics of Display as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
The Cultures and Politics of Display
HIAR11038 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Modern Art: History, Curating, Criticism(MSc/Dip) - Semester 1 - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select up to 40 credits from the list of semester 1 course options from History of Art and from Film Studies. Finalised list of course options to be circulated at a later date.
Art and Society in the Contemporary World: China
HIAR11054 20 credits
Scottish Art Since the 1960s: Practice and Debate
HIAR11066 20 credits
The Creative City in Theory and Practice
HIAR11084 20 credits
The Aesthetics of Difference: Post-Colonial Perspectives from the 19th to the 21st century
HIAR11095 20 credits
Utopia Zones: Modernism and Abstraction
HIAR11100 20 credits
Art and Digital Culture
HIAR11106 20 credits
Introduction to Community Arts Practice: Modes, Methods and Meanings
MUSI11053 20 credits
AND

Modern Art: History, Curating, Criticism(MSc/Dip) - Semester 2 - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select up to 40 credits from the list of semester 2 course options from History of Art and from Film Studies. Finalised list of course options to be circulated at a later date.
Impressionism and the Third Republic, Culture, Politics and Social Change, 1865-1900
HIAR11021 20 credits
Theorising Contemporary Art
HIAR11036 20 credits
What Moves Them: Dance and Performance Art Since 1913
HIAR11091 20 credits
Internship in a Museum or Public Institution
HIAR11103 20 credits
Inequality in the arts: Understanding the production and consumption of culture.
HIAR11107 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Before selecting your courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Research: Theories and Methods

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Research: Theories and Methods and The Cultures and Politics of Display as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Research: Theories and Methods
HIAR11037 20 credits
OR

The Cultures and Politics of Display

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Research: Theories and Methods and The Cultures and Politics of Display as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
The Cultures and Politics of Display
HIAR11038 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Modern Art: History, Curating, Criticism(MSc/Dip) - Semester 1 - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select up to 40 credits from the list of semester 1 course options from History of Art and from Film Studies. Finalised list of course options to be circulated at a later date.
Art and Society in the Contemporary World: China
HIAR11054 20 credits
Scottish Art Since the 1960s: Practice and Debate
HIAR11066 20 credits
The Creative City in Theory and Practice
HIAR11084 20 credits
The Aesthetics of Difference: Post-Colonial Perspectives from the 19th to the 21st century
HIAR11095 20 credits
Utopia Zones: Modernism and Abstraction
HIAR11100 20 credits
Art and Digital Culture
HIAR11106 20 credits
Introduction to Community Arts Practice: Modes, Methods and Meanings
MUSI11053 20 credits
AND

Modern Art: History, Curating, Criticism(MSc/Dip) - Semester 2 - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select up to 40 credits from the list of semester 2 course options from History of Art and from Film Studies. Finalised list of course options to be circulated at a later date.
Impressionism and the Third Republic, Culture, Politics and Social Change, 1865-1900
HIAR11021 20 credits
Theorising Contemporary Art
HIAR11036 20 credits
What Moves Them: Dance and Performance Art Since 1913
HIAR11091 20 credits
Internship in a Museum or Public Institution
HIAR11103 20 credits
Inequality in the arts: Understanding the production and consumption of culture.
HIAR11107 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Dissertation (MSc in Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Dissertation (MSc in Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism)
HIAR11080 60 credits
OR

Work-based Dissertation in History of Art (MSc in Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Work-based Dissertation in History of Art (MSc in Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism)
HIAR11079 60 credits
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