History of Art and Architecture

专业详情

The MPhil in History of Art & Architecture is taught through a combination of research seminars, skills training and supervised individual study.

The educational aims of the programme are as follows:

To provide teaching and learning to postgraduate students in the history of art and architecture in a range of fields linked to the research interests of the staff.

To provide high-calibre students with training in relevant research skills and to offer excellent specialist supervision of their individual research in these fields.

To provide a stimulating research and learning environment in which students can reach their full intellectual potential.

To help students develop a wide range of intellectual abilities and skills which will enable them to make a significant contribution in their chosen careers and walks of life, including but not exclusive to academic teaching and research.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the MPhil, students should have:

Made the transition in learning style and pace from undergraduate to postgraduate level; acquired the necessary research skills in the use of bibliographical, archival and museum resources as relevant to their field of study; gained practice in the use of the languages and archival skills relevant to their chosen research area; gained confidence in the choice and use of different methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives; refined their critical skills in the examination, recording and analysis of works of art and/or architecture, especially at first hand (through travel and fieldwork if appropriate); gained experience in oral and written presentation skills, gained experience in crafting a sustained piece of research in the form of a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words; acquired the proficiency needed to write a coherent and sustained piece of academic research.