Heritage Management: programme outline
MA:12 months full-time; 24 months part-time (180 credits)
Postgraduate Diploma: 9 months full-time; 18 months part-time (120 credits)
Modules are also available on a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) basis
These programmes are intended to prepare students for work in the heritage sector, as well as to help students acquire the knowledge and skills required for progression to research degrees.
Programme Structure
The full-time programme begins with the compulsory modules Issues and Ideas, Management and Communication and Interpretation. These modules offer you an important opportunity to develop your awareness of the workings of the museum, gallery and heritage sector as a whole and the common concerns and interests across it. While you will rub shoulders with students from other programmes, you will also engage in programme-specific seminars in which we will consider the particular ways in which the sector-wide issues relate to heritage work.
You then proceed to take two compulsory specialist modules, Heritage Management 1 and Heritage Management 2.
After the specialised modules, you undertake an 8-week Work Placement in a heritage site or organisation. This in turn is followed by the Dissertation assignment (masters students only), in which you will produce a 15,000-18,000-word dissertation on an aspect of heritage studies to be agreed with your supervisor.
MA/PgDip full-time study (12 months) |
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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Dissertation |
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Management |
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Communication & Interpretation |
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Programme delivery and assessment
All modules in this programme are delivered through lectures, seminars and workshops. Specialist modules include hands-on practical sessions and a substantial number of study visits in heritage sites in the North East and further afield. You will also have a lot of opportunities to have discussions with professionals in your field.
During the 2009/10 academic year the timetable will mainly follow the structure of having ‘Contact sessions' on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week in both the Autumn and Spring Terms. These session will normally take place between 10am and 4pm. Thursdays and Fridays will be used for ‘Self Directed Learning’.
Assessments in these programmes include essay and report writing, presentations and self-reflective statements.
Are you interested in applying?
Information about entrance requirements, tuition fees and funding opportunities for these programmes is available on our How to Apply section.