Entry requirementsEntry Requirements A very good first degree - at least 2:1 honours level, GPA 3.4 or equivalent - in a relevant discipline is normally required.
Academic titleMSc Material and Visual Cultures of the Past
Course descriptionProgramme
This unique and innovative programme draws on the array of scholarly expertise across the School of History, Classics and Archaeology and provides a broad academic experience for those who wish to combine a small-scale research project at postgraduate level with specialist teaching across a variety of periods and approaches, including different approaches to the material and the visual.
There is a team-taught core course titled Clothing Cultures in Comparative Historical Contexts, which ranges from the classical age to Hollywood film. Specialist courses include The Material Culture of Gender in 18th-Century Britain, and Roman Imperial Monuments. Students can follow an internship programme at an Edinburgh museum or gallery.
Learning Outcomes
The programme provides:
* specialist knowledge and understanding of material and visual cultural history;
* detailed knowledge and understanding of the central theoretical, methodological and historiographical issues that have shaped the field;
* an understanding of the interaction between historical sources, including visual sources and explanation;
* an appreciation of the context in which to understand the student's individual area of interest/research within the broad field of material and visual cultural history.
How You Will Be Taught
You will be assessed by means of five assignments of 3,000 words each, and a dissertation of 15,000 words. The assignments arise from the mixture of core and option courses taken by each student.