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Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and the Arts) (MA)

Award
Master of Arts
Duration
1 year
Course Type
Full-time
Campus
Avenue
Next course starts
September 2023

About this course

This course is now closed to new applications for 2023 entry.  

Each year we get many high-quality applications and places for many of our courses are very competitive.  

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Explore the cultural and creative industries, including publishing, broadcasting, heritage management and arts curation. You’ll graduate from this MA with the expertise required for a successful career in the heritage and tourism sector, or for further study at PhD level. 

This pathway (Heritage and the Arts) features a particular focus on the arts, and explores both land-based and maritime heritage. It covers everything from film and literature to the built environment and archaeological remains. 

Optional modules will give you the opportunity to explore themes or specific skills in a wide variety of heritage contexts to suit your interests. 

You'll gain essential experience through things like:

  • field trips
  • meeting industry practitioners
  • the chance to apply for a work placement with one of our heritage partners. 

Our Cultural Heritage programmes are also available with the following pathways:

  • Cultural Heritage: study the main issues and debates around the subject, including legal and ethical issues, and how heritage is managed and presented 
  • Heritage and Public History: gain a specialist insight into the ways history is presented to non-academic audiences 
  • Heritage and Museums: gain a behind-the-scenes insight into how museums communicate the past, drawing on our links with museum and heritage partners.

Whilst the course content varies depending on the pathway you study, modules covering essential aspects of the subject are common to all pathways.  

There is also plenty of flexibility within the pathways themselves, allowing you to build the skillset that best suits your chosen career path.

Course lead

Your course leader is Alistair Pike, Professor of Archaeological Sciences. His research interests cover several areas archaeological science, from the development of dating methods for bone beyond the range of radiocarbon to the use of isotopes in the reconstruction of human lifeways. Read Professor Pike’s staff profile to find out more about his work.

Course location

This course is based at Avenue.

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

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The Course Description Document details your course overview, your course structure and how your course is taught and assessed.

Changes due to COVID-19

Although the COVID-19 situation is improving, any future restrictions could mean we might have to change the way parts of our teaching and learning take place in 2022 to 2023. This means that some of the information on this course page may be subject to change.

Find out more on our COVID advice page.

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