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Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics – (M.A.)
University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
School of Arts
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,256 - ≈ € 13,116 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
History & Philosophy of Art at Kent offers opportunities to study with highly regarded scholars in the visual arts. While individual members of staff have a wide range of research interests, there are particular research strengths in the history and theory of photography, the historical interplay of image, theory and institutions, contemporary aesthetics and the history of art theory.
Apart from the compulsory modules, options cover areas such as theaesthetics of film, pictorial representation, materialist aesthetics after Marx, and fakes and forgeries. The research directed special subjects, one in each term, cover topics of an interest to students related to the research of a member of staff.
Contents
Programme structure
Core modules include:
* Introduction to Research in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
* Topics in Contemporary Aesthetics
* Topics in the History of Aesthetics
* Dissertation of 15,000 words
Optional modules include:
* Conceptualising Film
* Hogarth andthe Analysis of Beauty
* Taste, Beauty and the Sublime
* Thinking Theatre: Theories and Aesthetics of Performance
* Varieties of Artifice: Painting in the Text
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework and dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A first or 2.1 honours degree in a relevant subject or equivalent.
English language requirements
IELTS
* 6.5 incl
* 6.0 reading
* 6.0 writing
* 5.5 listening
* 5.5 speaking
TOEFL internet-based
* 90 incl
* 22 reading
* 21 writing
* 21 listening
* 23 speaking
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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