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Master's

MA Museum, Archive and Digital Collections (On campus)

Crownshire University

Crownshire University

Master's

MA Museum, Archive and Digital Collections (On campus)

Crownshire University

York, GB

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Tuition

$3,200/year (on campus)

Degree

M.A.

Delivery

Full-time · On-campus

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONAL$3,200/year (on campus)

About Crownshire University

Affordable UK degrees online or on campus in York.

Overview

University of Brigant’s MA Museum, Archive and Digital Collections is for people who already live with catalogue backlogs, fragile paper, and the politics of putting Scotland online. Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online, one standard, with library-parity questions built in so distance students are not locked out of licensed content. You will not be trained as a conservator. You will design access, rights, and digital-preservation literacy. No national-collection logos as endorsement. Dual-pathway students must receive lawful digital surrogates or honest statements that a module cannot run without a licence purchase. The MA is not a conservator or ARA ticket.

Delivered on campus in York with in-person seminars, library access, and student services.

**Award:** Crownshire University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Collections governance

  • UOB841·Museums and Archives as Public Trusts
    3 credits
  • UOB842·Appraisal, Disposal, and Community Claim
    3 credits
  • UOB843·Catalogues, Authorities, and Backlog Politics
    3 credits
  • UOB844·Identity-Checked Collections Assessment
    3 credits

Module 2: Digital objects and rights

  • UOB845·Digitisation Workflows and Surrogate Quality
    3 credits
  • UOB846·Copyright, Orphans, and Licence Reality
    3 credits
  • UOB847·Personal Data in Archives
    3 credits
  • UOB848·Bit-Rot, Formats, and Honest Preservation
    3 credits

Module 3: Users on two pathways

  • UOB849·Reading Rooms and Remote Researchers
    3 credits
  • UOB850·Off-Campus Licences and What Vendors Forbid
    3 credits
  • UOB851·Exhibition, Festival, and Online Interpretation
    3 credits
  • UOB852·Safeguarding Sensitive Histories
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • UOB853·Scottish Collections Landscape Literacy
    3 credits
  • UOB854·Research Methods for Collections Practice
    3 credits
  • UOB855·Writing for Trustees and Depositors
    3 credits
  • UOB856·Capstone: Access and Digital-Collections File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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