Course summary
Gain the skills to join the exciting world of museums, galleries and the cultural heritage sector. You’ll work with academics who have relationships with museums across the UK, and direct experience of curating exhibitions and permanent collections in the museums and galleries sector. You’ll gain invaluable museum experience working in close contact with museum staff – and in a team of curating students – to address a live issue for a specific museum. Between February and the end of June, you’ll get the opportunity to work on some of the pressing issues facing museums today. In previous years, museums have included projects relating to:
- disability and access
- Black Lives Matter
- queer heritage and erotic art
- narratives engaging with the repatriation of museum objects.
- Charleston
- Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
- the British Museum
- the Towner Eastbourne.
Modules
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Art History Research Seminar
- Art History Research Skills and Methods
- Critical Issues in Art History and Curating
- Museum Skills I: Objects
- Art History Research Skills and Methods
- Museum Skills II: Contexts and Display
- Professional Experience and Dissertation
- Art's Queer Stories
- Entangled Histories: Art and the Medieval Mediterranean
- Instrumental Aesthetics: Contemporary Art, Politics and Visual Culture
- Living and Dying in the Premodern World
- Race, Photography and Archives
Entry requirements
Degree requirements: You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should be in art history or another relevant humanities or social sciences subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. For more information about our entry requirements and English language requirements, please visit our website.
Fees and funding
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Additional fee information
Sponsorship information
More information on our tuition fees, funding options and scholarships for both UK and international students is available on our website. Please click on the course URL to see up-to-date information.
Provider information
University of Sussex
Sussex House
Brighton
BN1 9RH
Course contact details
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01273 678899