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Cultural Heritage Management at Royal Agricultural University - UCAS

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Course summary

Cultural Heritage is all around us. It is at the centre of current political debates around identity, how we feel about our past, and who we as a country want to be on the international stage. To be part of shaping the UK’s cultural heritage landscape is a rewarding and challenging career, requiring a wide and varied range of skills and knowledge. The MSc in Cultural Heritage Management is designed to give learners a broad and thorough grounding in the varied and fast-moving cultural heritage sector. It will equip learners with the wider contextual and practical skills to allow them to engage analytically with a variety of real-life heritage issues. As the course progresses, learners will be able to follow their developing interests and tailor the direction of their assessed learning to pursue a variety of professional heritage careers. This MSc provides a more flexible pathway into cultural heritage, ideal for learners who have a particular specialism or area of interest they would like to build upon, or those who wish to gain a broad range of experiences across the sector. The RAU has been at the forefront of land-based education for 180 years, and to study cultural heritage here is a natural choice. The programme is taught in the historic Cultural Heritage Institute, the RAU’s Swindon campus set in the ‘heritage capital of England’, home to the National Trust, English Heritage and Historic England. It provides unparalleled opportunities to work with key heritage agencies and to gain management insights. This programme will help learners develop an in-depth and applied understanding of cultural heritage enabling graduates to pursue a wide range of careers in the cultural heritage sector. Optional modules will allow you to tailor your MSc to a specialist area (for example, standing buildings consultancy or archaeology) within the wider sector. Career prospects include: Local authority Conservation Officer Heritage agency roles (National Trust, English Heritage, etc.) Historic building manager Advisory on the interpretation and display of historic buildings Heritage Consultant Regeneration roles Fundraising bodies Wider cultural sector, museums, galleries, charities, etc. Conservation planning and management The course also provides an excellent grounding for further academic study, for example at PhD level.

Modules

The modules available for this course are shown below. They may change for your year of study as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Modules 4732 Conservation Planning 4733 Understanding Buildings and Landscapes 4734 Practical Conservation, Regeneration and Place Shaping 4735 Managing and Sustaining the Historical Environment 4700 Dissertation

Assessment method

Coursework 100%

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

International applicants

Information on international student visas is provided on the university webpage here: https://www.rau.ac.uk/student-route-visa

Entry requirements

An Undergraduate Honours Degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university or overseas equivalent, or a professional qualification and/or experience considered to be equivalent to the above. For information on international qualifications, please, see our country specific pages. For countries not listed please contact [email protected]. We welcome applications from applicants with non-standard qualifications who are able to demonstrate knowledge, experience and skills developed in the workplace or elsewhere and which are relevant to the programme of study. Applicants will need to use their personal statement to provide further details supported by a CV. All non-standard applications will be considered by the Programme Manager on a case-by-case basis and applicants can expect that an interview may be required as part of the admissions process. If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our English language requirements for the level of study. For postgraduate taught programmes this is IELTS Academic min. overall 6.5 with no element below 5.5 (or equivalent). English language tests usually have a validity of 2 years from the date the test is taken. Offers will typically be made in line with the academic requirements set out above. Offers can be conditional or unconditional. An unconditional offer will be made to applicants who have already met the conditions and provided evidence that conditions have been met. Where academic or language requirements have not yet been fulfilled, applicants will receive a conditional offer stating the requirements that must be met.


Fees and funding

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Cultural Heritage Management at Royal Agricultural University - UCAS