Overview
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
The MA (Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism) may be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.
Postgraduate Certificate in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism
Students passing modules to the value of at least 30 credits and achieving an aggregate of 40 per cent across modules to the value of 45 credits in Part I may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in History of Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| HA6006 | Theory for Art History | 10 |
| HA6007 | Modern Art and Modernity | 10 |
| HA6009 | Contemporary Art | 10 |
| HA6010 | Literature Review (Directed Study/Supervised Research) | 5 |
| HA6021 | Early Modernisms and the Experience of Modernity | 10 |
| HA6011 | History of Art Dissertation | 45 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Identify and cogently discuss key artists, movements and critical debates in modern and contemporary art;
- Engage in precise, sustained and lucid formal analysis of works of art, in both oral and written form;
- Formulate coherent proposals for original scholarly research according to postgraduate standards;
- Deliver creative and robust independent research, presented and referenced according to postgraduate standards;
- Write a variety of other critical texts, from seminar presentations to analytical literature reviews, at a high level of proficiency in both content and written form;
- Communicate creative independent ideas about the critical and theoretical literature of art history.
