MA Staff and speakers

The main staff at CARTE delivering the MA are: Peter Ride (course leader), Helen Coxall, Stefan Szczelkun, Alexa Wright and Alison Craighead. Visiting speakers include museum education and diversity officers, architects, artists, archivists, curators, film-makers and new media practitioners.

Course Aims

The course aims to introduce students to a range of historical and contemporary debates that inform the theories and practice of visual culture. It will enable students to develop a conceptual framework within which to situate and evaluate the role of the visual arts in contemporary society and culture.

Students will acquire creative and professional research skills, for example: the ability to work from exhibitions and from institutional archives, to understand the role of curators, and to operate within different artistic and conceptual frameworks.

Research and Career Opportunities

Graduates from the MA Visual Culture will be suitable for employment in the creative industries, including museum and gallery work, education, arts administration and marketing, or could pursue further study to PhD level. The course is also suitable for practicing artists wishing to further their research.

Entry Requirements

Applicants are normally required to have a good first degree in a relevant area. These might include any of the following: History of Art, Cultural Studies, Fine Art or Design, English, History, Media and Communications, Architecture, Business Studies.

Students may be invited for interview, or to submit previous written work. All students whose first language is not English will be asked to provide examples of previous written work and must have a minimum IELTS score of 6.5, or TOEFL equivalent. Students may be offered a place on the condition they complete this score before they wish to start. (The university runs summer courses in English.)

Regular Attendance- starting September

Full-time: One year Tuesdays and Thursdays
Part-time:Two years minimum attending on Tuesday or Thursday

Please note the university is closed on Public Holidays

Fees and Scholarships

Application

For an application form please contact:
Admissions & Marketing Office (MA Visual Culture)
University of Westminster
16 Riding House Street, London W1W 7UW
Tel: 020 7911 5088 Fax: 020 7911 5175
Email: regent@wmin.ac.uk
To apply online visit the university website www.wmin.ac.uk
(keyword course search: Visual Culture)
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Information

>For specific course information and availability of option modules as a short course for occasional >students please contact; please contact:

Sue Barker
MA Visual Culture at CARTE,
University of Westminster
32-38 Wells Street, London W1T 3UW
Fax: 0207 915 5439
email: enquires@carte.org.uk