Course options
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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
UCL (University College London)
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
This MA provides a broad-based training in social science approaches to the analysis of material and visual media: ranging from art, photography, film and media within visual anthropology, to consumption, museum anthropology and cultural heritage, landscape and genres (such as clothing and the built environment), within material culture. The programme covers a range of contexts such as production, exchange and consumption, and uses anthropological perspectives based on the comparative study of societies, historically and culturally. Skills training is given in social anthropological field research and analysis, and in specific methods for the study of material and visual forms.
CareersThe programme develops skills in cultural and social critique through the research and interpretation of the material world. Its aim is excellence in scholarship. Experts in material culture, and our graduates, work in any institution which demands skills in social research and critical thinking. This includes in design research, the arts, heritage and museums, media and film, journalism, design anthropology, market research, academia, art, materials consultancy, and the civil service.
EmployabilityThe programme is designed as an advanced research degree in material culture, mostly anthropology and with elements of design history, archaeology, museum studies, social geography and architecture. Whoever is interested in material things and materials is interested in material culture: art, architecture, photography, consumer products, consumption, design, heritage, film, sound, fashion, infrastructure, landscape and innovation.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 31,100per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University College London
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University League Table
9th
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Campus address
UCL (University College London), Gower Street, London, Camden, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
2nd out of 84
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/ Max 239200 84%4th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10092.0 92%2nd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.27 82%18th
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/ Max 192190 99%2nd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10074.0 74%6th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.14 79%12th
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/ Max 206183 89%5th
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/ Max 10082.0 82%4th
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/ Max 43.03 76%44th
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