HERITAGE FUTURES

Overview

Cultural heritage is a dynamic and ongoing process that reflects the people, place and time in which it is being interpreted. Heritage fields include oral tradition, community histories, artefacts, historic sites, monuments, landscape and the natural environment.

The MSc Cultural Heritage Studies course is a research-led post-graduate programme, with a strong multi-disciplinary emphasis. It combines the development of management skills with a broader understanding of heritage contexts and policies.

Its core aim is to produce graduates who are equipped with high-level skills and competencies to allow them to become active shapers of policy and practice in the cultural heritage field.

The programme will also enable students to pursue further academic study routes in cultural heritage, if you wish. Based upon a strong theoretical foundation, distinctive features include an emphasis on preparation for professional practice, including ‘live’ case studies and the organisation of an annual student conference.  You will also be encouraged to grasp and apply the potential of ICT developments for the heritage sector.

A range of volunteering and placement opportunities for full-time students exist across the cultural heritage sector and students are encouraged to undertake extra-curricular activity related to the subject area. With one of Europe's finest civic collections is on our doorstep, we work closely with Glasgow Museums as one of our placement partners:

"Glasgow Museums can offer a variety of practical experiences across our service.  Our museums are a superb resource that will enable students to apply heritage interpretation and management principles acquired on the course."

Mark O' Neill
Head of Glasgow Museums