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Material Culture Studies – (M.A.)
The University of Exeter
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,255 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Exeter / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Exeter
Location
Streatham Campus, Exeter
Material Culture Studies is a burgeoning field that is truly interdisciplinary. The programme draws on a broad range of disciplines, including not only archaeology and anthropology, but also sociology, art history, philosophy, psychology and cognitive science. The new perspectives this provides create the potential for radical new assessments of material culture in the present as well as the past.
Although our underlying objective is to develop theoretical frameworks that are of use to us in interpreting the past, a number of contemporary case studies are used. Despite archaeology’s obvious focus on material culture and its increasingly sophisticated methodologies for studying artefacts, materiality remains seriously under-theorised.
In this programme we question the status of material culture and why we study it; we assess the ways in which we encounter, categorise and valorise artefacts; and we evaluate the social and cognitive life of things. This is principally achieved through seminar-based teaching in which key readings and case studies are discussed and critically evaluated.
The structured links with other subject areas, in particular Classics and Ancient History, create an environment in which interdisciplinary approaches to material culture can flourish.
The programme involves practical work and fieldtrips and offers the opportunity for some modules to be studied online.
Contents
Total credits required: 180
Compulsory modules
* Communication and Research Skills (15)
* Professional Skills (15)
* Method and Theory in Current Archaeology (15)
* Advanced Project (15)
* Material Culture Studies (30)
* Dissertation (60)
Option modules
Examples include:
* Early Medieval Material and Visual Culture (30)
* Alternative Histories through Art and Archaeology (30) (in the Department of Classics and Ancient History)
For a full list and details of the individual modules, please see the MA Material Culture Studies programme pages on the College of Humanities section of our website.
Please note that availability of all modules is subject to timetabling constraints and that not all modules are available every year.
Assessment
Modules are assessed by coursework produced to deadlines, plus a dissertation of 20,000 words maximum.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
English requirements: IELTS 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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