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MA Museums Galleries and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience
at University of Westminster

London, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 15,000
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Duration24 Months
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Program Overview

The Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience MA is a unique course that offers you the opportunity to undertake an extended work placement and gain professional work experience. It is partnered with the one-year course, Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture MA. On the two-year course, you'll do the same taught modules as on the one-year course, but you'll have the added opportunity of doing a placement lasting from three to six months in your second year.

The Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture MA examines how cultural institutions are changing to meet the needs of the 21st century. The MA is for you if you're pursuing a career as a museum professional, curator, or arts organiser. It will equip you with a critical understanding of the key conceptual and practical skills in curatorship, museology and museum management necessary for you to succeed in your professional life.

The course looks at the changing role of cultural provision and how cultural institutions shape, house, fund and disseminate culture today within the broader theoretical context of museum and gallery issues. You'll examine key themes in the cultural sector, and how these are dealt with by leading and smaller institutions in the UK and internationally. In studying and experiencing their day-to-day work, such as how they’re developing innovative practices in relation to their collections, exhibitions and audiences, you’ll gain valuable insight into the sector.

This MA gives you the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in contemporary debates about working practices in cultural institutions by working closely with museum and gallery professionals. You’ll be able to learn with our London-based course partners, The Museum of London and The Photographers’ Gallery, and to meet a variety of other professionals from the sector. Gaining professional knowledge is an important part of the course and you'll be supported in gaining work placements and in working on professional projects.

Course Content
Course structure

In addition to taking four core modules, you'll choose four modules from the list of option modules below.

As part of this course you'll do a work placement or internship in a museum or an art organisation. This will enable you to gain professional skills and consolidate the knowledge you'll acquire on the MA. Your placement or internship will take place in your second year and last between three to six months. While the University isn't able to guarantee a placement, we have a wide range of contacts, so we negotiate with partner institutions to find openings that are suitable for you to apply for. On graduating from the Museums, Galleries and Contemporary MA with Professional Experience, you'll be fully prepared to enter or re-enter the job market at a senior level. If you're unable to secure a placement that suits your interests, you can transfer instead to the one-year Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture MA.

The following modules are indicative of what you'll study on this course.

Core modules
- Current Issues in Museum and Gallery Studies
- MA Dissertation or MA Project
- Work Experience Preparation
- Extended Work Experience
Entry Requirement
A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a relevant discipline including culture and heritage studies, visual arts and media, languages and literature, and history. All applications from any prospective student without a degree in a relevant area or without higher education qualifications, including from candidates with demonstrable relevant work experience and relevant professional qualifications, will be carefully considered. Applicants may be asked to supply a written response to a set text to demonstrate suitability for the course.

If your first language is not English you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing.

Applicants are required to submit one academic or professional reference.
Fees & Scholarships
International tuition fee: £15,000 (Prices listed for the first year only. Fees for the second year are charged at 50% of the first year.)
Career Prospect
On graduating, you'll be prepared to enter or re-enter the job market at a senior level, and have the skills to work in a variety of positions in the cultural sector.

Cost Of Studying At University of Westminster

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MA Museums Galleries and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience at University of Westminster