MA Antiques (Distance Learning)

 Applicants must demonstrate achievement of any one of the following:

• Receipt of a 2.2 degree, or higher from a British university
• A high level of achievement in undergraduate studies at a university elsewhere (e.g. for North American students a minimum overall GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale)
• Professional experience in the field or a related field in their home country

Part of the application procedures for entry to the course is to establish -through a written personal statement -why candidates want to do the course, and how this relates to their personal and career development plans. 

UK/EU: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/study_here/fees_and_finance/uk-eu-tuition-fees.php
International: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/study_here/fees_and_finance/international_tuition_fees.php

The course structure offers specific career progression through enabling individuals to apply themselves to one of three routes: academic publication, research funding, or exhibition/research project management. Previous topics from our graduates have included:

– The Hallmark System for English Silver: An Instrument of Enforcement or a Method to Identify Period Silver?
– A Web site Exhibition of Chinese Jade from the GvS Collection
– Regency Metamorphic Library Chairs (1790 -1840)
– Imitation or Innovation in Bretby Art Pottery
– Modern Art for the Table -The 1934 Harrods Exhibition
– Panelled Furniture: A Survey of 17th and 18th Century
– The contribution of Edmund Evans, Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway to the design of Victorian books for children

Year 1 

• Semester 1: AQ4021 Antiques and e-learning (40 Credit) 
• Semester 2: AQ4022 Collection Practice (40 Credit)

• Semester 1: DD4921 Dissertation Project Research 1 and 2 (40 Credit) 
• Semester 2: DD4922 Dissertation Project Research 3 and Evaluation (40 Credit)

• Semester 1: DD4991 Dissertation Project (20 Credit)