MSc Heritage Practice

You write an interpretation plan for a site: what is told, what is left unsaid, and how visitors move. The degree is practice, not a claim of museum accreditation. Gisma University of Applied Sciences teaches this award online and, where a cohort is formed, on campus. The 180 credits (1,800 notional hours) on this page are the sum of the 8 courses in the curriculum, so the transcript and the prospectus describe the same load.

MSc Heritage Practice is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Objects and Stories through Objects and Stories; Visitor Routes; Labels; Interpretation Plan, and finish on Interpretation Plan.

Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim.

The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Describe an object's story and its limit Plan a visitor route Write label text at a set length

Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass.

The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Assessment is coursework on each taught module plus the final project named in the curriculum. Results are recorded as credit hours against each module. Fees are the figures published by Gisma University of Applied Sciences for this award; this page does not add a separate tuition claim.

Complete the online form, which saves from the first step, pay the $30 application fee, and upload your documents. Admissions emails you the decision.