Master of Arts in Contemporary Art

The School of Architecture and Design was established in 1974, under the name of Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts. Its objective is to orient young people towards a brilliant future, while its mission consists of the development of creativity and human potential. The programs offered by the Faculty enable students to acquire a cultural education, in addition to competence that will enable them to be distinguished in their discipline. The diversity of the proposed programs promotes interactivity in multidisciplinary research workshops and provides them with a high level of dynamism. Curricula are regularly updated according to the requirements of the professional situation.

During the period of studies, students will develop analytical minds, and creative skills, as well as the ability to adapt to any change; qualities that have become unavoidable in the world of business. The School follows a development plan that combines, on the one hand, classic teaching methods with the latest technologies, and on the other hand, theory with practice. It has a cooperation network with various local and international academic institutions: exchange programs, participation in seminars, and common projects.

Mission

The Interdisciplinary Master's program is a general education in Art that tackles different artistic disciplines and develops the critical reflection that allows the student to achieve his theoretical and analytical skills.

This Master establishes the link between art and communication, philosophy, literature, anthropology, history, and semiotics while encouraging the reflection around the methods of thought.

Common Core

• CTA605 Methodology in Art Research

Specialization

• CTA640 Architecture, Design & Environment
• CTA650 Art and Modernity
• CTA615 City, Home, Social Practices and Changes
• CTA635 Critical Studies and Aesthetics
• CTA610 Design, Space &Communication
• CTA625 Design: Innovation, Technology &Arts
• CTA620 Film and the Other Arts
• CTA655 Identities and Societies
• CTA630 Media,Design& Contemporary Arts
• CTA645 Photography and Contemporary Arts

Capstone

• CTA690A Thesis Dissertation

Program Educational Objectives

1. Acquire theoretical knowledge related to multidisciplinarity and transversality, allowing the student to develop personal research on a specific topic.
2. Acquire a high-level methodological and theoretical knowledge of contemporary art and its practices through an articulation between history, theory, and criticism.
3. Develop an approach of reflection and conceptualization in the field of contemporary art, reflecting an aesthetic conception open to all the worlds of the arts.
4. Participate in seminars and debates on the strategic issues of contemporary art, setting up exchanges with international universities, and promoting teacher and student mobility.
5. Pursue the research on a doctoral level.

Program Outcomes

1. Strengthen the mastery of scientific fields in the world of Contemporary Arts through theoretical tools and methodological means of research.
2. Refine the capacity of synthesis and theoretical criticism of contemporary art and its aesthetic approaches.
3. Formulate a problem in regards to the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of Design (Medias, photography, objects, cinema)
4. Analyze and problematize the different aspects of cultural mediation in relation to social practices.
5. Evaluate the notions relating to the spatial dimension in a social criticism form, following experimental research and a sociological, urbanistic, and architectural approach.
6. Formalize a thought and rationalize a practice of conception by drafting a research paper written in interface with literary, poetic, anthropological, philosophical, and social references.