Teaching
You will spend one term in Venice, studying the city’s art, history and culture and being taught by Warwick staff. The programme includes site visits, study sessions in Venetian workshops and behind-the-scenes visits to the warehouses of Venice’s museums.
During the other main teaching term, you will be at Warwick. There, you will explore the dissemination of Renaissance culture in Europe and further afield by completing an interdisciplinary Core Module, attending weekly skills training sessions, and completing an additional module in Renaissance or early modern studies of your choice. This can be selected from the Centre’s offerings or from the relevant offerings of any of the associated departments in the Humanities.
You will be encouraged to follow the training offered in Palaeography and/or Latin for Research. We may, subject to the government’s Brexit agreement, be able to continue exchange opportunities with Paris and Venice during the summer term.
Class sizes
There are around 6 to 10 students per class for this course.
Typical contact hours
For Terms One and Two, students will have an average of 8 contact hours during each week.
During Term Three, no formal teaching takes place: students concentrate on their dissertations and have regular contact with their supervisors.
Assessment
Our aim is to develop your research and writing skills to the point where you are able to present cogent, complex and original arguments based on your research of images, buildings, artefacts, documents and other primary sources.
Each individual module is assessed through essays. Normally you will write an extended essay (5,000 words) for each of your modules, in addition to a dissertation (15,000 words). The dissertation is prepared over the late spring and summer and submitted in September. You will be requested to submit a literature review at the start of term three.
You will receive close one-to-one tuition from members of staff to guide you through your programme of research and writing. Your dissertation is equal to one third of the mark with the four module essays making up the remaining weighting towards your final mark.
Additional course costs
Travel to Venice for term there; possible extra living allowances as the cost of living can be more expensive than in the UK.
Reading lists
Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web pageLink opens in a new window.
Your timetable
Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.
