Culture, Criticism and Curation

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

An honours degree in a humanities, social science or art and design subject

Or an equivalent EU/international qualification.

Through critical writing and curating, MA Culture, Criticism and Curation provides a framework for engaging with historical and contemporary culture.

This course will teach you how to become an innovative practitioner and researcher, with the skills to communicate to specialist and general audiences alike. It is part of the Curation cluster of courses of C School.

Why choose this course at Central Saint Martins:

• Crossing disciplines and practices: MA Culture, Criticism and Curation places emphasis on interdisciplinary thinking and cross-practice experimentation. Our students and staff come from a variety of subject backgrounds, bringing diverse experiences, understandings, and ways of working into dialogue.

• Industry experience: Students gain hands-on experience realising live curatorial projects in partnership with leading organisations from across the cultural sector. These projects provide opportunities for you to develop your individual practice and your experience of working collaboratively in a professional context.

• Critical engagement: MA Culture, Criticism and Curation offers a dynamic forum for critical enquiry and debate. The course engages deeply with some of the most complex and urgent issues of the contemporary moment, while interrogating the social and political conditions in which culture operates.

• Archives and collections: The course collaborates with the Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection and the UAL Archives and Special Collections Centreto provide students with direct experience of working with historic materials, access to specialist knowledge, and an understanding of professional practice in archival and museological contexts.

• Alumni network: As a member of the course, you will join an international network of students and alumni who are actively shaping the ways in which culture is created, mediated, and understood. Graduates progress onto careers across the cultural sector in curating, critical writing, publishing, programming, arts management, entrepreneurship, research, and education, with roles in major institutions as well as newly established organisations.