MA/PgDip Art and Design: Museum and Heritage Interpretation
- Part-time study available
- International students can apply
- Based at MediaCityUK
- Work placement opportunity
This course uses a range of teaching and learning settings including lectures, seminars/workshops, tutorials, situated learning (such as ‘live’ projects) and independent learning. The combination of these aims is to develop an environment that allows you to progressively take ownership and direction of your learning so that you may develop as independent, life-long learners. This is achieved by including self-directed projects where you will have the opportunity to negotiate your learning and assessment requirements.
Indicative to the course are:
- Formal lectures
- Seminar presentations
- Workshops
- Critical analysis and independent learning.
Award specific learning activities include exercises, team based learning, site visits, visiting professionals, work placements, online activities and critical debates. You will have the opportunity to engage in a range of coursework activities in order to foster active learning through contribution to participatory exercises and through formal and informal presentations of your work.
Assessment
Assessment methods used on the course include:
- Written and oral assignments (80%)
- Team presentations (20%)
Staff Profile
Dr Anna Catalani
Anna holds a MA and a PhD in Museum Studies, both from the University of Leicester. Her doctoral research was concerned with the interpretation and representation of non-Western religious material culture in Western museums. Specifically, it focused on Yorùbá traditional religious material culture exhibited nowadays in museums in the United Kingdom.
Anna’s current research interests are in the fields of museum and heritage studies, material culture (including the material culture of fashion), collectors and collections, identities and diaspora, the role of museums in the construction of identities, public history and community involvement. Anna is an ordinary member of the Museum Association, a voting member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and a member of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society.