Master Thesis

Course Information
TitleΜεταπτυχιακή Διπλωματική Εργασία / Master Thesis
CodeΥΘΔΕ4
FacultyFine Arts
SchoolVisual and Applied Arts
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorGeorgios Divaris
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600018344

Programme of Study: Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies "Art and the Public Sphere"

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Historical, Political and Hermeneutical Investigations of ArtCompulsory Course4230
Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600255596
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΥΘΚΠΟΤ1 Sociology and Political Economy of Art
  • ΥΘΙΤ1 History of Art: from the Renaissance to our times
  • ΥΘΔΤ2 Law and Art
  • ΥΘΘΤ1 Institutions of Art
  • ΥΘΣΤΔΣ3 Seminar "Art and the Public Sphere"
  • ΕΘΛΤΕΚ3 Censorship and Art in Greece and the World
  • ΕΘΠΣ3 Cultural Studies
  • ΥΘΑΕΤΚΠ2 Research Axes: Art, Society, Politics
  • ΥΘΦΑΕΤ1 Philosophy, Aesthetics and the Interpretation of Art
  • ΕΘΝΚΚΣΚΣ3 New Social Movements and Contemporary Artistic Strategies
Learning Outcomes
Until the completion of their Diploma Thesis, students will be fully specialized in "Historical, Political and Hermeneutical Investigations of Art", allowing them to operate as theoreticians with specialized knowledge in the functioning of the public sphere or pursue professional careers in the cultural sector. They will also be able to teach theory in relevant fields of Art at different levels of education or be capable of employment in the creative and cultural industries.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The preparation of the Postgraduate Thesis in the specialization "Historical, Political and Hermeneutical Investigations of Art", which lasts for at least one semester, represents the culmination of all the theoretical knowledge acquired during the two-year Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies "Art and the Public Sphere". It constitutes an original research proposal that combines a theoretical approach to Art and Politics in the Public Sphere. Students are required to support their theoretical work, which should have a length of 15,000 to 20,000 words, and present it publicly before the three-member Jury.
Keywords
institutions, contemporary art, curating, politics of art, artistic practices, society, politics, theory of art
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Podcast
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Written assigments90030
Total90030
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Last Update
04-06-2023