O curso/CE encontra-se acreditado pela Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES).
The Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), accredited this second-cycle degree programme unconditionally(see the documents here).
The MA in Art History, Heritage and Cultural Visual, whose first edition took place in the academic year 2016/2017, intend to upgrade and diversify the scientific field of History of Art, from an expanded perspective which has been assuming its own place by extending the world of careers related to Heritage and Visual Culture. This cycle of studies is organized by the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System - ECTS. To obtain a Master's degree the student must collect a total of 120 ECTS credits.The first year of the course, divided into two semesters, corresponds to the Masters Course in History of Portuguese, Heritage and Visual Culture, with 60 ECTS credits. This Course does not confer a degree. The second year of the course consists of a dissertation or a Probation Report, corresponding to 60 ECTS credits that gives the Master degree.
Institutions where Internships have been carried out under the MHAPCV since the academic year 2016/2017:
A Oficina - Centro de Artes e Mesteres Tradicionais de Guimarães CIPRL | Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto | Câmara Municipal de Gondomar | Câmara Municipal de Lousada | Câmara Municipal de Mogadouro | Câmara Municipal de Paços de Ferreira | Casa da Arquitetura (Matosinhos) | Cooperativa Árvore | Departamento dos Bens Culturais da Diocese de Viseu | Divisão Municipal de Museus e Património Cultural da Câmara Municipal do Porto | Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le Arti Contemporanee (Florença, Itália) | Galeria Municipal do Porto | Hosek Contemporary (Berlim) | Museu de Olaria de Barcelos | Museu de Serralves | Museu Municipal Abade Pedrosa (Santo Tirso) | Museu Romântico da Quinta da Macieirinha (CMP) | Porto Vivo | Real Irmandade Rainha Santa Mafalda de Arouca | Solar dos Condes de Resende (Vila Nova de Gaia)
Institutions where MHAPCV Projects have been developed since the academic year 2016/2017:
CITCEM | Empatia Arqueologia | Museu Digital UPorto | Museu Municipal de Penafiel | Spira, Revitalização Patrimonial
Objectives
Generic objectives defined for the study programme:
To provide postgraduate training in Artistic Heritage and Visual Culture, guided by a design which combines the teaching / learning contents taught with a section designed to provide students with professional tools and experience;
To promote the practice of research, encouraging student autonomy in their academic career;
To provide advanced training in the visual arts focused on the analysis of artistic production and its creative processes and reception in its diachronically;
To prepare professionals with a solid understanding of the heritage, with capacity to intervene in their conservation, dissemination and enjoyment, as well as to promote critical knowledge of various contemporary artistic expressions.
Professional Abilities
Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences) to be developed by the students:
With this program, students are expected to:
Obtain a solid theoretical background in the fields of Art History, Heritage Studies and Visual Culture;
Produce creative Dissertations, Internship Reports and Projects anchored in contemporary discussions and practices of their field of study;
Be able to lead fundamental and applied research programs, either in their area of expertise as in the interface between Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture;
Obtain skills for scientific communication and the practice of professions framework of the History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture;
May perform consultancy roles in institutions, businesses and other public and private organizations in the areas of Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture;
Become active agents in social mobilization for intervention and heritage fruition as well as for the safeguarding and promotion of Cultural Heritage.
Holders of a graduate degree (180 ECTS) or legal equivalent;
Holders of a foreign higher academic degree obtained as a 1st cycle of studies organized according to the Bologna Program;
Holders of an academic, scientific of professional curriculum recognized as adequate (Check Diário da República – 2nd Series – no. 95, of 17.05.2007 – Deliberation no. 807.
Degree approved under Art. 54 of the Teaching Career Statute, regulated by Ordinance number 334/2008, of 30/04, for the groups: 200, 400 and 600 (Order of July 13th, 2023).This degree enables those who are already in the teaching profession to advance in their career, but it is not a teaching qualification degree.
Comments
"Contact with concepts and case studies, which interconnect the areas of Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture, promote critical sense and the ability to analyse artistic and heritage objects, enabling students to perform various functions in the labour market from academic research to the realization of collections inventories for museums and / or galleries."
Marisa Pereira Santos - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2017/2018) | PhD student in Heritage Studies / CITCEM researcher / FLUP
"When I think of Master in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture, I remember the different options and study ways that were provided to me to build my future. The multidisciplinary nature of the course, its affordability and distinguished professionalism on the part of teachers, raise the mind of any student who shows interest in the area."
Francisco Costa - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2018/2019)
"The faculty, so diverse and competent, gives us tools that allow us to see the world in an entirely different way. For me, Art History was much more than a simple degree or master's degree, it became a way of life. I usually say that I will not live another day of boredom, after I have learned to look at the landscape, heritage and people."
Diana Felícia - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2018/2019) | PhD student in Heritage Studies / CITCEM researcher / FLUP
"Coming from a degree in History, based more on traditional methods, I found in Art History Master, Heritage and Visual Culture more targeted course to the requirements of the labour market with more practical and multidisciplinary components."
Vanessa Reis - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2018/2019)
"The studies carried out in the master's program enabled me to understand the built heritage in addition to safeguarding it, providing me with the necessary skills for its management and, even more, for its viability as an instrument of social transformation and a factor in the quality of life of the surrounding community."
Bruno Aguiar - Student MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (since 2018/2019)
"Attending the Master's degree endowed me not only with knowledge, good practices and methodologies to be adopted in the scope of scientific research, but also provided me with experiences and tools for applying these learnings in a professional context. I highly value this balance between theory and practice, since it allowed me to be able to either perform professional functions (I had the opportunity to do it in internships in Portugal and abroad), or to develop scientific production with quality."
Joana Isabel Duarte - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2017/2018) | PhD student in Heritage Studies / CITCEM researcher / FLUP
"As a master formed by the present institution, I recognize in the study cycle and in its teachers the desire to expand the History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture beyond the conventional moulds. It based on an effort and promotion of their study as a tool for research and, above all, of reflection and questioning of his speeches increasingly cross-cultural and transmedia."
Andrea Diogo - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2017/2018)
"The Master in Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture allowed the deepening and consolidation of concepts and themes, combining, in the academic field, the aim to offer students space for the practical application of the contents. The designation of the Master's Degree proves to be of great importance, opening the possibility to different lines of research, according to the interests of each student and adapting to the needs and trends of this area."
Vera Gonçalves - MA in History of Art, Heritage and Visual Culture (2017/2018)
Contacts
For scientific and academic issues - contact the course director: mhapcv@letras.up.pt For administrative issues - contact the Academic Management Office: sga@letras.up.pt
For international mobility students - contact the International Office: sri@letras.up.pt