Material and Visual Culture MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

25 Jun, 2027Application Deadline

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anthropology

Degree

MA

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

The Material and Visual Culture MA will give you the skills to research, analyse and interpret cultures of art, heritage, design, photography, landscape, architecture, film and media. You will examine production, exchange and consumption across different societies and cultures, both contemporary and historical. This course will offer you distinctive ways of looking at humanity through objects, images, materials, and places. 


You will join a world-leading research community and benefit from research-embedded teaching in museum anthropology, technology, architecture, fashion and the cultures of materials, and graduate equipped with the latest knowledge and insights in studying material and visual forms.


You will specialise in the elements of material and visual culture that interest you most, choosing from a range of optional modules to enhance your learning experience.


Through your independent research project and dissertation, you will develop skills highly sought after by employers, including data analysis and interpretation and the communication of complex ideas. These will also prepare you for PhD level study should you wish to pursue it.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anthropology

Degree

MA

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

The Material and Visual Culture MA will give you the skills to research, analyse and interpret cultures of art, heritage, design, photography, landscape, architecture, film and media. You will examine production, exchange and consumption across different societies and cultures, both contemporary and historical. This course will offer you distinctive ways of looking at humanity through objects, images, materials, and places. 


You will join a world-leading research community and benefit from research-embedded teaching in museum anthropology, technology, architecture, fashion and the cultures of materials, and graduate equipped with the latest knowledge and insights in studying material and visual forms.


You will specialise in the elements of material and visual culture that interest you most, choosing from a range of optional modules to enhance your learning experience.


Through your independent research project and dissertation, you will develop skills highly sought after by employers, including data analysis and interpretation and the communication of complex ideas. These will also prepare you for PhD level study should you wish to pursue it.

Admission Requirements

191+
80+
7.5+
5.5+
This research based Master’s degree is suitable for those students entering postgraduate study with a strong background in the discipline, gained either through an undergraduate degree, or through a well-regarded conversion Master’s programme.

25 Jun 2027
1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
19,300 GBP
International
36,800 GBP

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