Teaching
Students will complete a Core Module in ‘Theories and Methods of the Global History of Art
and Architecture’ (Michaelmas and Lent Terms).
Across the Michaelmas and Lent Terms, students will complete two Advanced Option Papers in one of four ‘streams’:
· Asia and the Islamic World;
· Africa and the Transatlantic World;
· Britain and the Wider World
· Europe and the Mediterranean
Some Advanced Option Papers will sit in more than one ‘stream’ as relevant to the course content.
Students will complete a Dissertation under the guidance of an assigned supervisor.
Students have the option to receive language tuition from the Cambridge University Language Programme (CULP).
Students are expected to attend the Department’s range of research seminar series and other relevant lectures and seminars in the Department and elsewhere in the University, such as those delivered annually by the visiting Slade Professor of Fine Art.
| One to one supervision |
Students will receive small-group supervisions as part of their Advanced Option Papers. They will receive small-group and individual supervision for their Dissertations. |
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| Seminars & classes |
The Core Module (8 hours per term) and Advanced Option Papers (12 hours per term) are taught by a combination of lectures, seminars and classes as appropriate to the course material. Students have the option to receive language tuition from the Cambridge University Language Programme (CULP). |
| Lectures |
The Core Module (8 hours per term) and Advanced Option Papers (12 hours per term) are taught by a combination of lectures, seminars and classes as appropriate to the course material. Students have the option to receive language tuition from the Cambridge University Language Programme (CULP). |
| Small group teaching |
Students are expected to complete a Skills Training Programme (6 hours in total) which will develop their practical understanding of advanced techniques for research and enquiry and relevant transferable skills. |
| Journal clubs |
N/A |
| Literature Reviews |
N/A |
| Posters and Presentations |
N/A |
| Taught/Research Balance |
Equal Taught/Research
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Placements
N/A
Feedback
Students will be provided with feedback via termly reports on CamSIS from the supervisors of their Advanced Option Papers (Michaelmas and Lent Terms) and Dissertation supervisor (Easter Term). Students will also be asked to provide feedback to their Student Representative for the Staff and Student Liaison Committee meeting. This Committee meets termly.
Assessment
Thesis / Dissertation
Students will be assessed via a range of formats, including a poster presentation and critical reflection exercise, assessed written work and a Dissertation.
The Dissertation is submitted in Easter Term and is assessed as a 1,000 word Prospectus in Michaelmas Term and 15,000 word Dissertation in Easter Term.
An oral examination (viva voce) on the dissertation and on the general field of knowledge within which the work submitted falls may be required. Students must remain in or be prepared to return to Cambridge for such oral examinations, which will be held in June.
Essays
Advanced Option Papers are assessed by 1 Object Essay (1,500-2,000 words) per paper, focussed on an object relevant to the course material taken from collections in or around Cambridge. Where Object Essays are not possible due to the nature of the Cambridge collections and the material covered in the course, an alternative equivalent object case study, analysis task or source exercise will be set for students.
Students are required to hand in a Dissertation Prospectus (1,000 words) and 15,000 word Dissertation. The Dissertation will assess students’ advanced specialist subject knowledge and understanding; their conceptual knowledge and critical understanding of relevant historiographical, methodological and theoretical frameworks and their ability to utilise in-depth specialist subject and conceptual knowledge and understanding in their own original written work, successfully engaging with and/or contributing to critical debates in the field.
Students must synthesise and analyse advanced research and scholarship across the field of history of art and architecture and relevant academic disciplines in a global context. They will put relevant theoretical and/or academic knowledge into practice and utilise acquired transferable skills, including language skills, to access relevant scholarship and conduct art and architectural historical research as appropriate. Students will demonstrate their ability to marshal, structure and present complex and convincing arguments effectively, coherently and concisely in extended written form. They will use relevant evidence as appropriate from both primary and secondary sources to arrive at an original creation and/or interpretation and/or synthesis of new knowledge as appropriate to MPhil level.
Practical assessment
The Core Module in ‘Theories and Methods of the Global History of Art and Architecture’ is assessed by a critical reflection exercise and assessed poster presentation.
Other
Assessment will be through a range of formats which may include coursework, written and oral examinations, posters, presentations and projects.