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BA Dissertation (Curating) - HOA00050H

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  • Department: History of Art
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Richard McClary
  • Credit value: 40 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22

Module summary

The Dissertation (Curating) is designed to allow students to practice and develop the curatorial and art-historical skills they have learnt during their time in York.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

The Dissertation (Curating) is designed to allow students to practice and develop the curatorial and art-historical skills they have learnt during their time in York. Students are required to produce a piece of extended written work in relation to curatorial theory and/or practice, such as close engagement with specific objects and their display, evaluation of the institutional contexts of art collections, or analysis of historical or current curatorial theory. The Dissertation is the result of extensive research on their chosen subject, and that shows they have engaged in independent investigation and thinking. It gives students a chance to make original contributions to the study of art curation.

The Dissertation should be an inquiry, not a report of facts, or a mere statement of opinion. The topic should produce a question, or a set of questions, that the student pursues in their writing. It is essential that the student makes a coherent argument that emerges out of, and is backed up by, the material they have researched.

Module learning outcomes

The Dissertation must

  • display evidence of considerable primary research;
  • display knowledge and understanding of the curatorial context of the selected topic;
  • be sufficiently circumscribed to be researched and written alongside other work and within the word limit

The subject may arise out of, or be generally related to a module which the student has already studied, but should not duplicate topics which have been specifically covered in taught modules.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Dissertation		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Dissertation		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive feedback on their summative work within 20 working days.

Indicative reading

N/A


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