Contemporary Art Theory MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Established in 2001, the Masters of Contemporary Art Theory (MA CAT) is a post-studio programme that supports the research and practices of artists and aspiring art professionals.



The MA CAT encourages practices that are speculative and reflective, developing artistic research on, and in, a range of media, sites and organisations.



The programme supports an applied knowledge of art now, grounding schooling in the practices of art and contemporary art theory as well as extra-disciplinary and intermedial approaches.



The taught curriculum consists of an innovative series of learning sprints designed to support the development of your artistic research and practice through:


  • workshops
  • practical partnerships with art organisations
  • carefully scaffolded approaches to collaborative inquiry (‘problem-based learning’)
  • peer-production (‘paragogy’) 


You will create art projects designed to engage and develop emerging hypereconomies of contemporary art and its variety of media, technologies, images, artefacts, tactics, texts, cultural contexts and professional practices.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Established in 2001, the Masters of Contemporary Art Theory (MA CAT) is a post-studio programme that supports the research and practices of artists and aspiring art professionals.



The MA CAT encourages practices that are speculative and reflective, developing artistic research on, and in, a range of media, sites and organisations.



The programme supports an applied knowledge of art now, grounding schooling in the practices of art and contemporary art theory as well as extra-disciplinary and intermedial approaches.



The taught curriculum consists of an innovative series of learning sprints designed to support the development of your artistic research and practice through:


  • workshops
  • practical partnerships with art organisations
  • carefully scaffolded approaches to collaborative inquiry (‘problem-based learning’)
  • peer-production (‘paragogy’) 


You will create art projects designed to engage and develop emerging hypereconomies of contemporary art and its variety of media, technologies, images, artefacts, tactics, texts, cultural contexts and professional practices.

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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