BA (Hons) Curating

at Goldsmiths University of London

Year 1 (compulsory level 4)

You take the following compulsory modules:

Module title  

• Modernities    
• Curating and the Public Sphere    
• Art, Artifacts and Archives  

You also choose one option module from the following list:

Module title    

• Seeing and Showing    
• Space and Time    
• Beyond Boundaries    

Year 2 (credit level 5)

In your second year, you will study the following compulsory modules:

Module title    

• Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions: Unpacking the Field I  
• Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions: Unpacking the Field II    
• Curating, Education, and Research    

You will also choose 30 credits of modules offered by the Department of Visual Cultures.

Year 3 (credit level 6)

In Year 3 you will complete a dissertation and study the following compulsory module:

Module title    

• Curating the Contemporary    

You will also choose 60 credits worth of special subjects. Options include:

Module title   

• The Truth in Painting    
• Sexual Poetics    
• Philosophy 
• Film Fables    
• Archive and Spectacle   
• Animating Architecture    
• Patterns of Perception: Part 1   
• Ornamentation    
• Fashion as a Dialectical Image  
• The Fact of Blackness I    
• Beckett & Aesthetics: Bodies and Identity  
• Counter Forensics   
• Research Architecture    
• Visual Cultures as Public Practice    

• Higher Secondary School Certificate at Standard XII from either CBSE, CISCE/ICSE and Metro state boards
• Diploma (2-4 years) from a Polytechnic/College of Technology/Professional Institute

International Tuition Fees:

£21200 per year

BA Curating graduates gain a good knowledge of contemporary art and culture as well as strong research skills and the ability to think critically. Through practical assignments and industry experience, they also develop a number of attributes and skills that equip them to work in the cultural sector and beyond.   

Graduates are proactive and agile, learning to get new projects off the ground and making things happen with others, often under tight deadlines and small budgets. Through the course, students use curatorial work as a mode of storytelling and learn the value of communicating one’s work through presentations, digital platforms and others. As a result, our graduates are able to showcase their abilities successfully and confidently. By remaining attentive to the different audiences their work seeks to address, graduates learn to foster new connections between people and create new opportunities for collaboration. A critical understanding of the opportunities and challenges of cultural sector work in today’s economic climate makes our graduates more resilient and resourceful.  

BA Curating is a great platform from which to launch a career in the cultural sector and it provides a solid foundation should you wish to progress on to further study in the humanities, including in Art History, Curating, Museum Studies or Cultural Management. You can find out more about the career options open to you after you graduate on our Visual Cultures careers page.