Disciplines

You’ll undertake a series of theoretical and practical projects at sites within Edinburgh and further afield, including Ian Hamilton Finlay’s acclaimed garden, ‘Little Sparta’.

You’ll use these sites to explore the relationships between culture, history and the environment, and they’ll also form the basis of proposals you will develop based around, for example, a public art project, an ethnographic field study, a geographical project or a textual analysis.

Drawing on the expertise of invited speakers and guest lecturers, you’ll take an active role in the development and organisation of a seminar series and colloquium exploring current theoretical debates on cultural landscape studies. Through blog posts, oral presentations and reflective reports, you’ll demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topics we examine.

The skills you’ll gain throughout the programme will lead you towards the development of a major research project: either a dissertation based on original research on a topic of your choosing; or a proposal for a site-specific project. Whichever you select, you’ll be supported throughout by your project supervisor.

Requirements

Academic Transcripts
Letters of recommendation
Letters of statement
Portfolio
CV
English language proficiency

Grants and Scholarships

Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship

School Contacts

Connections with Businesses

Aviagen
Cobb-Vantress Inc.
Deliverics Ltd
Novartis
Scottish Enterpise
Zoetis etc

School Notable Academia

Paul Attfield
Eleanor Campbell
Sir Geoff Palmer
Jane Hillston
Max Born
Brian Charlesworth

Exchange Programmes

Erasmus