Overview
This MA Material and Visual Culture from University College London (UCL) provides a broad-based training in social science approaches to the analysis of material and visual media: ranging from art, photography, film and media within visual anthropology, to consumption, museum anthropology and cultural heritage, landscape and genres (such as clothing and the built environment), within material culture.
Skills training is given in social anthropological field research and analysis, and in specific methods for the study of material and visual forms.
Careers
The programme develops skills in cultural and social critique through the research and interpretation of the material world. Its aim is excellence in scholarship. Experts in material culture, and our graduates, work in any institution which demands skills in social research and critical thinking. This includes in design research, the arts, heritage and museums, media and film, journalism, design anthropology, market research, academia, art, materials consultancy, and the civil service.
Employability
The programme is designed as an advanced research degree in material culture, mostly anthropology and with elements of design history, archaeology, museum studies, social geography and architecture. Whoever is interested in material things and materials is interested in material culture: art, architecture, photography, consumer products, consumption, design, heritage, film, sound, fashion, infrastructure, landscape and innovation.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Critical Issues in Material and Visual Culture
- Advanced Topics in Digital Culture: Ethnographies of the Digital
- Anthropology and Photography
- Anthropology of Capitalisms
- Anthropology of Death
- Anthropology of Social Media
- Anthropology of the Built Environment
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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- We recommend you apply as soon as possible. The programme may remain open if places are still available and will be closed as soon as it is full or by 30 June.
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Credits
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Disciplines
Materials Science & Engineering Area & Cultural Studies Visual Arts View 631 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 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.
Tuition Fee
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International
29000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29000 GBP per year during 12 months. -
National
18000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18000 GBP per year during 12 months.
Part time
- UK: £9,000
- International: £14,500
Living costs for London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Material and Visual Culture.
Available Scholarships
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