PGCert Art History and Curating (Distance Learning) (Online)
University of Birmingham
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Course overview Deepen your knowledge of art history and curating on our employability focussed PGCert. Studying online from anywhere in the world, youll enhance your professional skills and gain practical experience designing a curatorial project. Get ready to take the next step in your career or change your career path towards a role in a museum or gallery. Youll discover current approaches in art history and curatorial practice, exploring historic and contemporary art in global contexts. ...Read more

Course overview Deepen your knowledge of art history and curating on our employability focussed PGCert. Studying online from anywhere in the world, you'll enhance your professional skills and gain practical experience designing a curatorial project. Get ready to take the next step in your career or change your career path towards a role in a museum or gallery. You'll discover current approaches in art history and curatorial practice, exploring historic and contemporary art in global contexts. With opportunities to analyse and critique a range of sources, methods and case studies connected to art history and curating, you'll expand your expertise in both fields. Course highlights The PGCert is for anyone who wants an intellectual challenge, the chance to develop their ideas for a curatorial project or an opportunity to explore Art History and Curating. Broaden your knowledge of art history and curating while developing key sector skills. We focus on your employability and continuing professional development. You can explore areas that fit your interests in the module assessments. What's more, you'll gain practical experience by researching and writing a proposal for a curatorial project. This course will lay the foundations for a career in museums or gallery sectors and offer an insight into current debates if you already work in these areas.

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Olivia
01 Mar 24

The best is definitely the campus; it is visually gorgeous and enables us students to live a fun campus lifestyle. We can easily get to class to extra curricular activities,..Read more

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Martha
01 Mar 24

The uni facilities and campus is a great place to study - the library is very useful, the barber art gallery is great for a hugely of art student and there’s lots of study spaces...Read more

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