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MA History of Art

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Immerse yourself in art and artefacts from every time and place with a Master's in History of Art at UCL. Over a year, you'll build the expertise to engage with visual and material cultures critically, interpreting them within their social and cultural contexts. Guided by UCL's renowned academics in a large, multi-disciplinary university, you'll explore contemporary methodological debates, define your own scholarly stance, and evolve into an independent researcher. This programme offers an excellent foundation for a dynamic career in academia, heritage or curation, empowering you to make a meaningful impact on art and culture.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

UCL's History of Art graduates have an excellent record of success in entering PhD programmes, careers in museums and galleries, the art trade, the heritage industry, art publishing and art conservation.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Critical Methods and Debates in History of Art
  • History of Art Dissertation
  • Race/Place, Exotic/Erotic: Difference and Desire in Modernist and Contemporary Art Practice
  • Art and Technology in Nineteenth Century France
  • Seeing Through Materials: Matter, Vision and Transformation in the Renaissance
  • Histories of Ecological Form
  • The World, the Museum and the Colony

Optional modules

  • Race/Place, Exotic/Erotic: Difference and Desire in Modernist and Contemporary Art Practice
  • Art and Technology in Nineteenth Century France
  • Seeing Through Materials: Matter, Vision and Transformation in the Renaissance
  • Histories of Ecological Form
  • The World, the Museum and the Colony
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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