Teaching
During the first term, you will be in Venice. There you will take a module in History (including several site visits) and the online Core Module. You will also be able to join the online palaeography and Latin classes delivered by the Renaissance Centre. You will be at Warwick for the rest of your course. In term 2 you will be able to take two modules of your choosing and start preparing your dissertation topic (which you will write under supervision over the summer).
Class sizes
Class sizes tend to be small (five to twelve students), allowing plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.
Typical contact hours
MA modules typically run as seminars of two hours each, but you will have more like 6–8 hours a week of teaching if you avail yourself of the language and skills classes offered or paid for by the Centre.
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 (currently 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 before starting on your dissertation.
You will receive close one-to-one tuition from members of staff to guide you through your programme of research and writing. Warwick modules are typically assessed by essay only.
Additional course costs
Travel abroad (Venice) for a term there and possible extra living allowances as the cost of living can be more expensive than in the UK.
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.