Fine Art

Entry requirements

You will normally be expected to have:

A First or Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1) Degree, or equivalent award, in Fine Art or a related subject

and/or

Appropriate research or professional experience, which can be verified by evidence of achievement. This might include, for example, experience of a Fine Art studio practice with an appropriate track-record of exhibiting, or working in an arts or heritage organisation, or museum, etc.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This MRes is a unique opportunity to work with national and international experts in Fine Art while, at the same time, developing yourself as an expert in the field.

One of very few such courses in the UK, the MRes will enable you to acquire fundamental research skills while carrying out a major research project of your choice.

The MRes offers an ideal bridge to further postgraduate study (e.g. a PhD) or to acquire, transferable employer-related skills in areas such as project planning and management, time management, research and data analysis, digital literacy and report writing.

Key features

• A bridge from undergraduate to postgraduate study
• Develop advanced research skills (e.g. in areas such as literature review and research methods)
• Work with national and international experts in your field
• Develop your practice and/or carry out a major research project in a topic of your choice
• Acquire project management skills including: independent working; being able to devise, research, and execute a substantial research project; the ability to set goals, priorities and schedules; and to develop data analysis skills such as using electronic and online resources.

How will you be taught?

You will be taught via a combination of classroom modules and supervisor-supported independent study. Lectures are used to impart the core knowledge essential to each component of the course, while also, generally, being interactive. Analysis, problem solving skills, and, most importantly, the application of knowledge to your own project are all developed through interactive seminars and workshops. On RTP405 and MHCA4001, both lectures and workshops are delivered principally via guest sessions in which the varied expertise of teaching staff across arts, humanities and the University as a whole will support the development of the broad, rounded skills that the MRes is designed to develop. Research skills are developed through classroom activities and assessments (as described above) but also in conjunction with supervisors on the supervisor-led modules MHCA4002 and MHCA4005. This close working with the supervisor, who will be an expert in your field of study, will foster the more specific research skills required for your subject. By successful completion of the course, you will be beginning to develop as an expert in your field.

Meetings with personal academic tutors are scheduled on at least 8 occasions in the year (for full-time students) and approximately 4 (for part-time). The personal academic tutor is likely to be your supervisor. By combining teaching, independent study, academic support from Student Services and Library Services, and personal academic tutoring we seek to enable you to reflect on your progress and to build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will help you to flourish and be successful.

Information for international students

International applicants will be required to demonstrate comparable prior subject experience and to have an appropriate level of written and spoken English (normally an IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum score of 6 in written English).