MPhil in Global History of Art and Architecture

By the end of the course, students will have acquired:

· Advanced specialist subject knowledge and understanding of the history of art and

architecture in a global context;

· Systematic and comprehensive conceptual knowledge and critical understanding

of relevant historiographical, methodological and theoretical frameworks for the

history of art and architecture in a global context;

· Ability to utilise specialist subject and conceptual knowledge and understanding in

students’ own original written work, successfully engaging with and/or contributing

to critical debates in the field;

· Language skills (from optional language tuition) to enhance student access to relevant subject knowledge, sources, methods and analytical tools for studying the history of art and architecture in a global context.

Graduates of the course will be able to:

· Synthesise and analyse advanced research and scholarship across the field of history of art and architecture and relevant academic disciplines in a global context;

· Put relevant theoretical and academic knowledge into practice, applying it to specific objects and case studies;

· Utilise acquired transferable language skills to access relevant scholarship and conduct art historical research as feasible;

· Structure extended pieces of written work and present arguments clearly and effectively;

· Demonstrate self-direction, originality and ability to act autonomously through successfully completing an independent research project;

· Deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively and tackle and solve problems independently;

· Contribute constructively within an international environment, exercising initiative, personal responsibility and demonstrating independent learning ability.