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Arts Market Appraisal (Professional Practice) – (M.A.)
Kingston University
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
If you are interested in developing a career in the arts market, particularly in the appraisal of both fine and decorative arts and other artefacts, this exciting new course is ideal. It offers a unique mix of academic tuition and exposure to London's huge and dynamic art market. Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the course leads to entry to the RICS as probationary member.
What will you study?
With an emphasis on understanding how the art market functions, you will be introduced to a wide range of businesses, collections and professionals. You will also study the economic and legal context within which professional practice is grounded, and gain the ability to apply techniques related to the evaluation of objects in a practice environment. There will be the opportunity for you to develop your knowledge of particular specialist areas of the art market, which might include anything from antiquities to cutting-edge contemporary art.
Contents
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
.module-description { display: none; }.module-title-link { display: block; } Core modules
* Art and Law
* Professional Practice
* Professional Practice
This module provides the professional context for the whole programme. You will:
* develop your understanding of the nature of and the complex inter-relationships between the commercial and public arts markets;
* learn the fundamentals of economic theory and appraisal and investment techniques that underlie valuations of assets, including the use of IT and apply these to identified objects; and
* develop business skills, organisational knowledge and professional conduct and ethics.
You learn through lectures, IT workshops and seminars. Assessment is by:
* a 3,000 word case study;
* two seminar papers; and
* an IT workshop.
* The Arts Market
* The Arts Market
This module provides a deep understanding of:
* the history of decorative, fine and applied arts;
* how patterns of trading, dealership and marketing have affected this history; and
* the relationship between the cultural values and economic values.
On completion of the module, you will be able to demonstrate:
* developing connoisseurship of fine and decorative arts; and
* the ability to research and present a specific case-study of relevant issues.
You learn through a series of lectures, seminars and visits. Assessment is by seminar presentations and a 4,000 word essay.
* Materialising Histories I : Images, Objects & Environments
Research modules
* Conference Paper
* Conference Paper
This half module provides students with the opportunity to devise and deliver an original piece of research in open forum and thereby helps them to extend the ethos of research culture into their subsequent professional work, and to encourage continuing professional development and life-long learning. The module requires them to develop an aspect of their dissertation or master's project (as applicable) into a short conference paper and presentation and to deliver this. Assessment is of both the written paper and the oral presentation.
* Dissertation
* Dissertation
This double module is designed to ensure that students can produce a substantial, original body of authoritative work by engaging in both primary and secondary research at masters level. It enables them to achieve a comprehensive understanding and application of the key issues of the subject selected and aims to develop in students a commitment to research and understanding of its likely role in their future careers. Students are supported by tutorials and assessment is by a written dissertation.
* Research Concepts for the Arts Appraiser
* Research Concepts for the Arts Appraiser
This introductory half-module teaches a critical knowledge of the concept and theory of various research methodologies, appropriate to arts market appraisal.
We will encourage you to conduct research via secondary sources, within a guided choice subject area. A series of workshops and seminars will prepare you for the assessment, which comprises a literature review of issues relevant to your studies.
* Research Proposal for Dissertation
* Research Proposal for Dissertation
This module aims to provide students with practice of devising an original primary research strategy for a specific research project, appropriate to satisfying the course objectives. In so doing it ensures that they explore and critically evaluate primary research methodology and proposals by requiring them to prepare a well developed research proposal which will be preparatory to undertaking their dissertation or master's project. In preparing the proposal students are supported by workshops, seminars and tutorials.
Option modules
* Critical Practice Portfolio
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants should:
- hold a good honours degree or equivalent in any discipline; and
- preferably have either a degree qualification related to the subject material or a proven knowledge and interest in the subject demonstrated through, for example, work experience.
We welcome applications from mature applicants with proven relevant professional experience.
International students
We welcome applications from international students. If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent.
Interviews
We normally invite applicants for an interview prior to selection. We can make alternative arrangements for international students based overseas.
Prior learning - AP(E)L
Applicants with prior qualifications and learning may be exempt from appropriate parts of a course in accordance with the University's policy for the assessment of prior learning and prior experiential learning.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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