Modules

Term 1 In Term 1, you take Curatorial Thinking, exploring dominant and emerging positions in curatorial studies, and developing your critical and analytical skills through lectures, seminars and close reading of texts. You also take Ecologies of Curating, which examines the relationships between spaces, organisations and curatorial practices, asking how conditions of place influence what is curated and for whom. Term 2 In Term 2, you take Curating in a Collaborative Context, developing a curatorial proposal in response to a live brief from an arts organisation, working in groups to research, commission, plan, present and advocate for your ideas. You also take Urgency of the Arts school-wide unit that explores how arts and humanities practice can respond to urgent sociopolitical issues through workshops and specialist-led discussions. Term 3 In Term 3, you take Independent Research Project, producing a self directed curatorial project. The culmination includes a public-facing event or exhibition, and demonstration of your curatorial research, planning and presentation skills. AcrossRCA (Terms 1 & 2) During the first two terms, you participate in the AcrossRCA college-wide unit, collaborating with students from other programmes on a self-initiated themed project that addresses cultural, social, environmental or economic issues.