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MA Kunstgeschichte (Kombi, 45/75 LP) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

Kunstgeschichte (45/75 LP) is a master combination subject that introduces bachelor graduates in depth to subject fields and research contexts of art history and to current research questions, encouraging independent research.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät I – Sozialwissenschaften und Historische Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Archäologien und Klassische Altertumswissenschaften  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; combination (Kombi) subject  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules include a colloquium on research questions, subject knowledge of the Middle Ages, early modern period and modern/contemporary art, history and theory, methods and discourses, themes and forms, an excursion, research and exhibition practice, and an optional final module. Two part-programmes of 45 CP are studied equally at first; the master thesis is written in one of them.

Career pathways

The practical, historical and theoretical orientation qualifies for research, galleries, exhibitions and museums, monument conservation and related fields.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) in art history with at least 90 LP or in a humanities, social-science, cultural-science or comparable discipline with relevant prior knowledge. Subject-specific admission requirements apply. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-halle.de/bewerben

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