Art History: History of Collecting & Collections

Programme structure

The taught component consists of five core courses and one optional course, running over Semester 1 (September-December) and Semester 2 (January-March). This is followed by a period of self-study towards the dissertation, submitted at the end of August.

 

Semester

Course

 

Credits

1

CORE 1: Research Methods in Practice (HISTART5105)

 

20

 

CORE 2: Cultures of Collecting (HISTART5102)

 

20

 

CORE 3: Mapping Contemporary Art in Collections in Scotland (HISTART5109)

OR: Antiquarianism (HISTART5103) (Not offered 2013-4)

20

2

CORE 4: Glasgow: Collecting and Curating Contemporary Art 1990 onwards (HISTART5108)

OR: Collecting Landscapes (HISTART51010) (Not offered 2013-4)

20

 

CORE 5: From Freeze to Frieze (HISTART5023)

OR: Collecting East Asian Art (HISTART5107)

20

 

OPTION: Work Placement, Independent Study

or other relevant courses in the College of Arts

20

 

DISSERTATION (HISTART5018P)

 

60