ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART/ V&A MUSEUM: MA History of Design, Friday 26 November

The RCA/V&A MA Course in the History of Design invites applications for 2011/12

The RCA/V&A MA Course in the History of Design invites applications for 2011/12. This two-year full-time programme, based at both the RCA and the V&A, offers three specialist pathways at MA level:

• Renaissance: History of Design and Material Culture 1400-1650
• Asian: History of Design and Material Culture 1450-present day
• Modern: History of Design and Material Culture 1650-present day

Providing 'a unique environment for the study of the aesthetic, social, cultural, technological, economic and political contexts for design', the course specializes in object-focused scholarship ranging across: architecture and interior design, furniture and product design, fashion and textiles, ceramics, metalwork, glass, prints, drawings and digital media, giving students direct access to the V&A's unparalleled collections and the highly specialized art and design practices of the RCA. As well as placing emphasis on archival and object-based knowledge, it offers a broad-ranging theoretical and methodological basis for the study of design and material culture. RCA graduates go on to work internationally in universities and colleges, museums and galleries, as well as in a host of other art and design based professions such as curation, journalism, media research and design policy.

MPhil and PhD applications are welcome. Contact the RCA for more information.

An Open Day will be held on Friday, 26th November, 2010.

For more information please contact the course administrator. Further details on the course, entry requirements, college fees and funding can be found at www.rca.ac.uk 

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