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MA Arts and Culture: Pre-master

Pre-master

The MA Arts and Culture programme offers a pre-master's track for students with a Bachelor's degree who do not (yet) meet the entry requirements for the general programme and/or specialisation. The fixed track comprises 30 EC, but can also be personalised further. Upon completion of the pre-master's degree, one will be admitted to the MA Arts and Culture, and the relevant specialisation.

Pre-master Museum Studies

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Semester 1

Obligatory courses
The History of Museums 10
Framing AMS Case Studies 5

Choose one of the BA2 seminars
Seminar BA2: Vulgar Arts 5
Seminar BA2: Art and Cultural Memory 5
Seminar BA2 Photography from Snapshot to Photofilm 5
Seminar BA2: Arts and culture I: Dutch Art and architecture before 1600 5

Elective space: choose two courses
World Art Studies 5
Core Curriculum: World Art and Beyond 5
Modern and Contemporary Visual Art after 1800 5
Art in Western Europe - 1800 5
Photography: Analysis & Theory 5

Semester 2

Obligatory course
Cultures of Exhibiting 5

Choose one of the BA2 seminars
Seminar BA2: Art & Technology 5
Werkcollege BA2: Global Renaissance 5
Seminar BA2: Collecting in the Contemporary Museum 5
Seminar BA2: Art and the Other: ‘Primitivism’ in Perspective 5

Elective space
The Social Roles of Art in the Modern and Contemporary Period 5
History of European Decorative Arts and Design 5
Western Visual Arts and Architecture – 2000 Part II 5
Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices 5
Cinema: Analysis & Theory 5

Pre-master Art History

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Semester 1

Obligatory course
Framing AMS Case Studies 5

Choose one of the BA2 seminars:
Seminar BA2: Vulgar Arts 5
Seminar BA2: Art and Cultural Memory 5
Seminar BA2 Photography from Snapshot to Photofilm 5
Seminar BA2: Arts and culture I: Dutch Art and architecture before 1600 5

Elective space: choose four courses
World Art Studies 5
Photography: Analysis & Theory 5
Modern and Contemporary Visual Art after 1800 5
Art in Western Europe - 1800 5
Core Curriculum: World Art and Beyond 5

Semester 2

Choose one of the BA2 seminars
Seminar BA2: Art & Technology 5
Seminar BA2: Collecting in the Contemporary Museum 5
Seminar BA2: Art and the Other: ‘Primitivism’ in Perspective 5
Werkcollege BA2: Global Renaissance 5

Elective space: choose four of the following
The Social Roles of Art in the Modern and Contemporary Period 5
History of European Decorative Arts and Design 5
Western Visual Arts and Architecture – 2000 Part II 5
Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices 5
Cinema: Analysis & Theory 5