Objectives and competences
The master's degree in Visual Arts and Education: A Constructionist Approach offers a cross-disciplinary approach through references to cultural studies, visual culture studies, critical education methods, museum studies, poststructuralist studies, the educational shift in the arts, etc.
The master's degree in Visual Arts and Education: A Constructionist Approach looks at intervention and research strategies related to methodologies and methods closely associated to narrative perspectives, artistic and art-based research, visual methods, ethnographic approaches and participative action research.
This course is aimed at graduates in fine arts, education, history of art, architecture and audiovisual communication who are looking to develop their training as teachers in the field of arts and education, in carrying out participative and collaborative intervention projects, in developing inclusive research proposals to participate in institutions and groups.
Students can choose which university they want to study at and must complete the admission and enrolment process directly in the selected university. It also offers placements in cultural, artistic and educational institutions of relevance due to their development of projects that explore alternative strategies in the relation between arts and education.
This course is aimed at graduates in fine arts, education, history of art, architecture and audiovisual communication who are looking to develop their training as teachers in the field of arts and education, in carrying out participative and collaborative intervention projects, in developing inclusive research proposals to participate in institutions and groups.
Students can choose which university they want to study at and must complete the admission and enrolment process directly in the selected university. It also offers placements in cultural, artistic and educational institutions of relevance due to their development of projects that explore alternative strategies in the relation between arts and education.
Basic information
| Type | Master's degree |
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| Faculty or school | Faculty of Fine Arts |
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| Credits | 60 |
| Number of places available | 30 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | Spanish |
| Approximate price per credit | 27.67 euros per credit (82 euros for students who are not EU nationals and do not currently reside in Spain). Fees for the academic year 2024-2025 |
| Coordination | JOSE AURELIO CASTRO VARELA |
| master.artsedu@ub.edu | |
| Course details | Indicators |
| Open pre-enrolment | Yes |
| Open enrolment | No |
| Lead to doctoral studies | Yes |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | No |
| Main university information | Master's degree course homepage |
| Interuniversity | Yes |
| Main university | Universitat Granada |
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| Bridging courses | No |
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Objectives and competences
Objectives
- The narratives, disciplinary discourse, policies and institutional practises that make up the history of arts teaching and education.
- The areas in which arts teaching and education meet contemporary approaches to innovation and creativity.
- The contributions and alternatives deriving from the combined efforts of arts, education and community to address emerging social issues.
- The contributions that information technologies can make to arts education and teaching.
- The strategies by which educational developments can be analysed and transformed using a critical understanding of narratives, works and artistic discourse.
- The means by which to conduct research and intervention projects in arts teaching and education in different social and cultural contexts.
Competences
- Contextualise and analyse tendencies and approaches in visual arts teaching and education from social and historical perspectives.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the manner in which the preoccupations of the literature are reflected in various representations of visual arts teaching and education.
- Distinguish between contrasting methodological approaches to the preparation of research work on cultural practices in visual arts teaching and education.
- Design and conduct social and institutional intervention projects in this field.
- Manage arts-related training and educational projects in different institutional and community contexts;
- Design arts-related training and educational materials in virtual and analogical frameworks;
- Demonstrate ability in research methods studying the discourse of proposals made in visual arts teaching and education.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
Access requirements and conditions
General requirementsStudents wishing to be admitted to a university master's degree must hold one of the following qualifications:
- Official Spanish university degree.
- A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.
- A qualification issued by an institution outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, applicants must request homologation of the degree to its equivalent official Spanish university qualification or obtain express approval from the University of Barcelona, which will conduct a study of equivalence to ensure that the degree is of a comparable level to an official Spanish university qualification and that it grants access to university master's degree study in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.
Specific requirements
Bachelor's degree or similar qualification.
Pre-enrolment
Calendar
8 June - 17 July 2023.Notes:
- Pre-enrolment fee: A pre-enrolment fee of 30,21 euros is charged. Students who apply to more than one master's degree must pay the fee for each pre-enrolment request. Pre-enrolment requests cannot be processed until this fee has been paid.Fees will only be refunded if the master's degree in question is suspended.
- Reserved places: A maximum of 5% of the new places of the master's degree are reserved for students who meet the general and specific access requirements and accredit the recognition of a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%.
Required documentation
- Pre-enrolment application
- Photocopy of degree certificate or equivalent qualification. In case of admission, foreign degrees that require so should be translated and authenticated through diplomatic channels before completing the enrolment.
- Other specific documentation related to the selection criteria
Selection criteria
Notification
Enrolment
As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned
- Documents required for enrolment
- Procedure to formalize enrolment
- Grants and financial aid (in Catalan)
- Economic information (in Catalan)
Schedules
Course curriculum
Subjects and course plans
Distribution of credits
| Type | ECTS |
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| Compulsory | 4 |
| Optional | 20 |
| Compulsory placements | 12 |
| Compulsory final project | 24 |
| TOTAL | 60 |
List of subjects
Previous years
Placements
Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.
Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record. There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
Institutional information