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Course Overview

By studying the history of art through personal research and excellent tutorage you will engage in vigorous intellectual inquiry in the subject and delve deeply into your chosen specialism.

Why study MA Art History at Aberystwyth University? 

  • The School of Art at Aberystwyth provides supervision and specialist knowledge in a broad range of subjects and is rapidly become one of the UK’s most popular places to study and creatively explore Art. Writing in the Guardian, journalist Miles Brignall concluded that the twice-yearly MA Art History Exhibitions at Aberystwyth are among the top four ‘pick of the shows’ UK-wide. Aberystwyth was the only institution he selected outside London.
  • There are over 20,000 original artworks in Aberystwyth School of Art’s collection

Careers

The range of posts to which our graduate's progress widens all the time. Our alumni have gone on to work:

  • For designing companies
  • In museums and galleries
  • As art teachers
  • On education programmes in galleries
  • In gallery assistant posts
  • Producing family-based learning activities in galleries and museums

Our graduates have also taken up exciting internships and traineeships with a variety of national and international organisations progressed to further academic study (PHDs).

Skills

Throughout this course, you will develop a wide array of skills that will not only market you as a professional artist but also as a mature individual with attractive skills and qualities for potential employers. This course will encourage you to:

  • Develop and sustain a self-initiated programme of work
  • Play an active, learning-based role in the operation of the School's galleries
  • Hold up your work against scrutiny from tutors, peers, critics, and the public
  • Improve your capacity for conducting a critical review of your and others' work through discussion, Forum seminars, presentations and writing
  • Improve your capacity for critical reading, discussion, presentation and writing, as well as develop an awareness of art practice in relation to art history and theory
  • Contribute to the School's academic knowledge of art and art history through your own research
  • Increase your critical faculties
  • Engage critically with contemporary art and art history 
  • Undertake art historical research involving applied skills such as gallery education, cataloguing and database work, archive and oral history projects, or the curation of exhibitions
  • Develop study and research skills. 

Entry Requirement 

Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area or equivalent, and submission of a satisfactory portfolio.  Non-graduates will be considered individually based on relevant work experience.

English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent

Other Requirements Applicants are encouraged to submit an up-to-date CV as part of their application.

Fees

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Full-Time:

Arts and Social Science Courses £15500
Master of Business Administration (MBA) £16800
Science Courses £16700
PGCE (Teacher Training) Course £14280 

This information was accurate on : 02/12/2021
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