Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History 24 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master's Degree in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History, delivered entirely in English, aims to provide students with a solid preparation that combines historical knowledge from antiquity to the contemporary age, rigorous method, critical thinking and familiarity with digital technologies. The focus on cultural studies allows them to acquire specific interpretive keys in the analysis of reality, in its diachronic and synchronic, national and transnational dimensions: you will study the ideas and artifacts, institutions and practices, beliefs and behaviors that have contributed to forming and transforming the cultural physiognomy of societies, especially European ones, in their variety and distinctiveness, from antiquity to the present, together with the factors, material and intellectual, that have helped to delineate, in different times and places, different ways of interpreting associated life, in the articulation of roles and identities.

The course is divided into two years of 60 ECTS each, and involves the "mixed" mode - that is, with remote lectures for about 50 percent of the total. The first year will be entirely carried out at the university site in Milan, with exclusively in-person classes (the only exception will be the language course for the achievement of the C1 English level delivered remotely by the SLAM University Language Center). Instead, the online mode will be reserved for the second year, with the exception of specific activities that will remain in-presence and will be delivered in concentrated periods of time, i.e. laboratories, possible meetings with the thesis supervisor, tutoring activities, and educational trips.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master's Degree in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History, delivered entirely in English, aims to provide students with a solid preparation that combines historical knowledge from antiquity to the contemporary age, rigorous method, critical thinking and familiarity with digital technologies. The focus on cultural studies allows them to acquire specific interpretive keys in the analysis of reality, in its diachronic and synchronic, national and transnational dimensions: you will study the ideas and artifacts, institutions and practices, beliefs and behaviors that have contributed to forming and transforming the cultural physiognomy of societies, especially European ones, in their variety and distinctiveness, from antiquity to the present, together with the factors, material and intellectual, that have helped to delineate, in different times and places, different ways of interpreting associated life, in the articulation of roles and identities.

The course is divided into two years of 60 ECTS each, and involves the "mixed" mode - that is, with remote lectures for about 50 percent of the total. The first year will be entirely carried out at the university site in Milan, with exclusively in-person classes (the only exception will be the language course for the achievement of the C1 English level delivered remotely by the SLAM University Language Center). Instead, the online mode will be reserved for the second year, with the exception of specific activities that will remain in-presence and will be delivered in concentrated periods of time, i.e. laboratories, possible meetings with the thesis supervisor, tutoring activities, and educational trips.

Admission Requirements

5.5+
72+
dmission requirements Admission to the Master's degree course in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History is open to graduates from the degree classes listed below, as well as from the corresponding classes relating to Ministerial Decree 509/99:
- L-1 Cultural Heritage - L-3 Disciplines of the Figurative Arts, Music, Performing Arts and Fashion - L-5 Philosophy - L-10 Humanities - L-11 Modern languages and cultures - L-20 Communication sciences - L-36 Political Science and International Relations - L-40 Sociology - L-42 History.
In order to guarantee an adequate homogeneity of the enrolled students, the achievement of at least 36 credits among the following scientific-disciplinary sectors is required to access the programme: L-ANT/02 (Greek History); L-ANT/03 (Roman History); M-STO/01 (Medieval History); M-STO/02 (Modern History); M-STO/03 (History of Eastern Europe); M-STO/04 (Contemporary History); SPS/05 (History and Institutions of the Americas); SPS/13 (History and Institutions of Africa); SPS/14 (History and institutions of Asia); IUS/19 (History of medieval and modern law); M-STO/05 (History of science and technology); M-STO/06 (History of religions); M-STO/07 (History of Christianity and churches); SECS-P/12 (Economic history); SPS/02 (History of political doctrines); SPS/03 (History of political institutions); L-ART/01 (History of medieval art); L-ART/02 (History of modern art); L-ART/03 (History of contemporary art); L-ART/06 (Cinema, photography and television); M-FIL/04 (Aesthetics); L-FIL-LET/10 (Italian literature); L-FIL-LET/11 (Contemporary Italian literature); L-FIL-LET/14 (Literary criticism and comparative literatures); SPS/07 (General sociology); SPS/08 (Sociology of cultural and communicative processes). Candidates who have completed their first level university studies abroad may be admitted to the degree course if they hold a Bachelor's degree in History, Arts, Classics, Literature, Philosophy or related disciplines, provided that their qualification is recognised as suitable on the basis of the regulations in force; the acquisition of the minimum 36 ECTS and their correspondence with the above-mentioned disciplines will be verified through the assessment of the diploma supplement and, if necessary, an additional interview will be held online. All candidates for admission must prove that they have acquired an adequate knowledge of the English language. Knowledge of the English language will be ascertained by possession of official certification, at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), not more than three years prior to the submission of the application. Alternatively, for candidates who hold a university degree, or an equivalent qualification issued abroad, related to a course of study delivered in English, knowledge of the English language will be ascertained by means of an oral interview.

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