Postgraduate Diploma in History of Design (exit award only)
Differences from 2016/17 to 2023/24
1. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in the History of Design. The course is available on a part time basis only to be followed over a period of six terms. The postgraduate diploma is only available to students admitted for the degree of M.St. in the History of Design.
2. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
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ba) and (cb) shall be submitted,tovia theexaminersUniversityc/oapprovedtheonlineRegistryassessment platform,Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA, infor consideration by such dates as are published in theexaminershandbookshallissueddetermineatandthe start ofwhichthethey shall notify candidatescourse.
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Eachcandidate must attend a viva voce examination when required to do so by the examiners.4.The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the Postgraduate Diploma.5.part or partsof theexaminationassignmentsmayunder 2 above will be permitted to resubmit work in respect of the part or partsof the examination whichthey have failed onnot more thanoneoccasionoccassionwhich shallonly, normallybewithin one year of the original failure.Schedule
Advanced Papers are available in the following areas:
•Decoration in Modern France•• The Arts and CraftsTraditionTraditions:inLocalModernandBritainTransnational Perspectives••Design in theMachine Age to Digital: Histories and Technologies•• Design, Body, Environment- • Design for War and Peace
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VisualModernCulturesDesignofand theWorld WarsHome •Academic Writing and Contemporary Practice*•Early Period•Papers available to be shared with the existing MSc English Local History:A.7 The social history of English architecture, 1870-1940A.8 The English suburb, 1800-1939A.4 English architecture 1500-1640
•* This Advanced Paper will be assessed by means of two written assignments: a Documentation Project and a Critical Sources Review; each 1,500 words in lengthNot all advanced papers will be available in any one year and the definitive list of advanced papers available in any one year will be circulated to candidates and their supervisors during the second week of Michaelmas Term.
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