Curriculum

Medium of Instruction

English is the medium of instruction for most courses.

Study Mode

1-year Full-time

2-year Part-time

Programme Curriculum

The MACAH programme entails 30 credits of work, including 4 required courses, 4-6 programme electives. The teaching pattern is normally a 3-hour seminar per week (except Capstone Project and Internship) for each course. The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Courses	No. of Credits
REQUIRED COURSES	12
VIS501 Critical Perspectives in Art History	3
VIS502 Provenance Research	3
VIS503 Approaches of Curating	3
VIS505 Managing Art Collections	3
PROGRAMME ELECTIVES*	18
1) Special Topic Courses e.g.	6 to 18
VIS506 Learning in Museums	3
VIS507 Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience	3
*VIS512 Special Topics in Curating and Art History	3
*VIS514 Parallel Study of Euroamerican and Chinese Art Histories	3
#VSP501 Creative and Media Industries: Concepts and History	3
#VSP506 Architectural Heritage and Creative Industries	3
Other elective choices will be announced in the Study Guide, including Special Topics in Curating and Art History and other courses from the MA in Media and Creative Industries (subject to approval).
2) Integrated Learning and Practical	0 to 3
VIS508 Internship (in second term or summer term)	3
3) Capstone Project	0 to 9
VIS510 Research Dissertation (independent study) or	9
VIS511 Curatorial Project (group work)	9

*Art history electives

#MA co-listed courses

Remarks: Students who have no proven undergraduate background in art history will be required to take one elective course on art history.

Graduation Requirements

To qualify for the award of the Master of Arts in Curating and Art History offered by Lingnan University (LU), students must, where applicable:

obtain 30 credits;

attain a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.67 (equivalent to B-) or above;

and fulfil the University exit requirement on English language competency, if applicable;

and fulfil all University/programme requirements.