Entry requirements: Normally a first or second-class Honours degree in a related subject or professional experience in the area of study
Full-time: 1 year
Part-time: 2 years
Programme Leader: Dr Niall Finneran
Telephone +44 (0) 1962 827074
Email Niall.Finneran@winchester.ac.uk
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.5 (including 6.5 in academic writing) or a TOEFL score of 575 (paper-based) or 232 (computer-based) or equivalent
Start dates: September
Application process: UKPASS (full-time applicants only) or Direct Entry Application Form (part-time applicants only)
This programme considers the wider place of heritage management in contemporary society, and offers students the chance to undertake their own projects on a range of different subjects. Using both a British and a global approach, the theory and practice of cultural heritage and resource management is investigated. The course uses experts from museums and galleries, cultural tourism, theme parks, national, local and global heritage organisations, archives, libraries and archaeological units. In addition, students are able to participate in the Department’s own research projects, which have included archaeological sites in Winchester, Cornwall, Georgia, Armenia, Corsica, Barbados, Ethiopia and Egypt, and are encouraged to use their skills in enhancing and developing existing cultural heritage strategies in these locations.
• Introduction to Heritage Management
• Global Issues in Heritage Management
• Research Methods
• Managing Cultural Heritage
• Placement (200 hours in total)
Plus one optional module to be selected from all period/depth study or methodological modules available in the MRes Archaeology as well as a dissertation.
Modules are delivered through workshops and seminars with presentations (poster and oral), reflexive learning strategies (such as blogs and diaries) and more formal essays. A placement module allows the student to gain practical training in the industry. This placement can either be based locally or abroad according to the needs of the student.
‘Traditional’ forms of written essay underpin most of the assessment. In addition, there is the use of oral and poster presentations.
Dissertation
The dissertation is an extended piece of work based upon original research. The study skills module Research Methods helps develop the skills needed to undertake this major piece of self-directed research.
Graduates often work in heritage, museums and galleries, education and outreach, libraries and archives and archaeological units.