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Museum Studies – (M.A.)
University of Leicester
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,046 ≈ € 11,300 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Leicester / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Leicester
This one year course based in Leicester provides the pre-entry qualification for those wishing to embark upon a career in museums and galleries or, for those who are already working in the sector, an opportunity to further advance their careers and develop new knowledge and skills. The Masters programme also provides underpinning knowledge for those who wish to register for a higher degree in museum studies.
The programme stimulates students to engage critically and creatively with wide ranging ideas and issues and to develop both philosophical approaches and the practical methods and skills necessary to become creative and effective museum and gallery professionals.
The interdisciplinary programme is student-focused and a wide range of learning styles and approaches are catered for through lectures, seminars, practical sessions as well as time set aside for the completion of assignments, reading and exploring particular areas of interest. Regular visits to museums around the country provide stimulating opportunities to explore contemporary practice. Guest lecturers offer additional perspectives, are a source of additional inspiration and ideas and further strengthen links with the profession.
Contents
Course Modules
Core module 1 - Museums, Societies and Cultural Change
The museum´s relationship to society is complex, multidimensional and shifting. Increasingly subject to the influences and challenges of rapidly changing social, political and economic environments, museums - that have traditionally been characterised as static, fiercely resistant to change - are responding by embracing new roles, forging new relationships, charting new territory and reconfiguring themselves around a full range of cultural and heritage resources.
Core module 2 - Strategic Resource Development
Museums are made up of a number of resources. These include people, infrastructures and collections and associated information. This module explores how these resources are acquired - and how and why they are maintained and developed. This module will help learners to: Define museum resources; Identify how these resources are acquired; Demonstrate why these should be developed; Illustrate how resources are utilised and developed; Relate these resources to changing contexts and audience development; Apply concepts of strategic resource development to different museum contexts; Evaluate existing examples of strategic resource development; Plan for strategic resource development in museums.
Core module 3 - Communication, Media and Museums
Making the rich and diverse resources of the museum accessible to individuals and communities in a changing society, involves a wide range of media. Working from theories of communication and learning, this module looks at a variety of key media tools available to museums, and how these can deployed through project management processes in different museum contexts. This module will help learners to: Understand the communicating museum; Engage with theories of communication and learning; Identify the different media tools (including: objects; the written word; space and design; and, interactivity); Develop appropriate project management tools for using these media; Formulate informed design briefs; Design evaluation methodologies; Understand the issues and practice relating to loans and packing.
Core module 4- Museums and Regeneration: The Regeneration Game
More than ever before museums are subject to economic and political pressures to be relevant or responsive to different local, regional, national and international groups and communities. The 'Museums and Regeneration' module aims to provide students with an understanding of the contemporary political environment within which museums operate. As well as broad analytical perspectives regarding museums and cultural, social, economic and urban regeneration, this module also aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to understand the pragmatism of the environment within which they will operate as museum professionals. The core of this module involves the students participating in a group project called 'The Regeneration Game' where they will develop a strategic bid for funding for a real museum or gallery which they must develop in relation to the museums needs but also in terms of the funders priorities and the local and regional governments regeneration objectives. Along the way the students will have as guest lectures and a study visit and taught sessions on a number of practical skills they will require as museum professionals including bid writing and delivering a pitch.
Specialist option
Students select one of the following special option courses and (with the exception of Museum and Gallery Marketing and Museum & Gallery Communication and Education) are usually expected to have a degree or experience in a relevant area for the module:
* Archaeological Curatorship
* Natural Science Curation
* Museum & Gallery Communication and Education
* Museums & Histories
* Museum & Gallery Marketing
Museum/Gallery Experience
During the summer term, all students undertake an eight-week Museum/Gallery Experience placement. One of the strengths of the programme, this placement enables students to test and develop the content of the taught programme in the workplace environment. Each year over one hundred museums on the LUMeN network (Leicester University Museum Network) send in projects from which the students can choose.
Masters Dissertation
Students who wish to obtain an MA or MSc undertake supervised research into a topic of their choice and complete a 12,000 - 15,000 word dissertation. Those that wish to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma do not complete the dissertation.
A Master of Science (MSc) can be awarded in preference to a Master of Arts (MA) where the dissertation concerns a science collection or museum, or where the nature of the investigation can be termed `scientific´
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry Requirements
Applicants should possess at least a good second class honours degree from a recognised university or equivalent qualification, or be able to demonstrate considerable relevant work experience (minimum 5 years).
In addition, many applicants will have some experience, often in a voluntary capacity, of working in museums, galleries or related organisations.
If English is not your first language then you will need to provide evidence of proficiency in written and spoken English. The normal minimum requirement for admission onto one of the programmes is an overall score of 6. 5 on the British Council IELTS test or 600 on the TOEFL test. The British Council organises regular language tests in most countries.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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