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Museum Practice, MPrac – (M.A.)
Newcastle University
School of Arts and Cultures
| Application Deadline: | Applications are considered throughout the year | ||
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Newcastle University
This programme, the first in the UK and internationally, extends and complements our very successful MA in Museum Studies. It offers a mixture of taught modules and two work-based placements (eight and 36 weeks), providing you with a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and understanding, and practical experience.
After completing your MA, you take a supervised and mentored work-based placement module (80 credits) over 36 weeks in an institution, organisation or agency related to museum practice. The International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS) will set up this placement for you after a detailed discussion. Previous cohorts of MPrac students have carried out placements with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; Beamish North of England Open Air Museum; Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums; the Great North Museum and Hartlepool Arts, Museums and Events. The work-based placement requires the submission of a project agreed between the placement host organisation, the student and the University.
Contents
Compulsory modules:
ICS8001 Issues and Ideas
ICS8002 Management
ICS8003 Communication and Interpretation
ICS8004 Collections Management
ICS8015 Museum, Gallery and Heritage Placement
ICS8017 Museum Workbased Placement
ICS8099 Dissertation
Optional modules:
ICS8006 Art Curatorship II
ICS8036 Heritage Education and Interpretation 2
ICS8010 Specialist Option Module – Interpretation and Exhibitions
ICS8012 Specialist Option Module – Social History
ICS8013 Specialist Option Module – Archaeology
ICS8014 Specialist Option Module – Natural Sciences
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A minimum of an upper-second-class (2.1) Honours degree, or an international equivalent, in a relevant subject. The successful completion of the taught modules in your chosen MA and a positive report from the host of the eight-week placement completed in the first year is also required. Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing, TOEFL 90 (Internet-based), or equivalent.
Our INTO Newcastle University Centre can provide extra tuition to help you meet the University's English language requirements.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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