Course Overview

This is the only Renaissance MA in the UK to offer students the opportunity to spend a full term in Venice (Italian language lessons included). This MA which covers the period c.1300-c.1650 across Europe provides a foundation in the art literature philosophy religion and science of the period exploring their interconnections with the social and political context. Strongly interdisciplinary it is taught by academics drawn from the Departments of Classics English History History of Art and from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Teaching

You will spend the autumn term in Venice studying the city’s art history and culture and being taught by Warwick staff. The programme includes site visits study sessions in Venetian workshops and behind-the-scenes visits to the warehouses of Venice’s museums. Modules focusing on Venetian culture religion and art form the opening term. During the spring term you’ll explore the dissemination of Renaissance culture in Europe by completing an interdisciplinary Core Module attending weekly skills training sessions and completing an additional module in Renaissance studies of your choice selected from relevent offerings of any of the associated departments in the Humanities. You will be encouraged to follow the training offered in Palaeography and/or Latin for Research. We may subject to the government’s Brexit agreement be able to continue exchange opportunities with Paris and Venice during the summer term.

Assessment

Our aim is to develop your research and writing skills to the point where you are able to present cogent complex and original arguments based on your research of images buildings artefacts documents and other primary sources. Each individual module is assessed through essays. You will write four essays in total the first two linked to the two modules you study in Venice in autumn and the next two linked to the two modules you take in the spring term. Each essay (each 5000 words) will equip you to write and research your dissertation (15000 words) which you will prepare over the late spring and summer to submit in September. During this time you will be requested to submit a literature review at the start of term 3. You will receive close one-to-one tuition from members of staff to guide you through your programme of research and writing. Your dissertation is equal to one third of the mark with the four module essays making up the remaining weighting towards your final mark.

Skills from this degree

• Advanced interdisciplinary understanding of European Renaissance Culture
• Advanced synthetic and analytical skills
• Linguistic palaeographical and bibliographical skills
• Research and Information managements skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills

Careers

Graduates from this course have chosen to progress to PhD study and/or pursue a career in academia museums or galleries archives Higher Education and fundraising.

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

• Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
• Careers in the Creative Industries sector event
• Working for More than Profit careers fair and sector event
• Making applications