It's very gratifying to read praises for the University of Leicester 
Museum Studies Program, and for myself (I hope I can live up to them 
and I know that all our staff are equally committed). 

It may be worth mentioning that we have restructured the program. 
The materials are the same (but updated), the standards are the 
same, the expectations in terms of levels of achievement are the same 
and the required level of commitment is the same.

While the number of learning hours remains the same, the way they 
are distributed is different. Previously, the program was structured 
through 6 modules of 20 credits. Each module requiring 150 hours 
study over 10 weeks (15/week). Now, there are 4 modules of 30 
credits. Each module requiring 225 hours over 16 weeks (14-15/week). 
This takes 18 months and gains the Museum Studies Diploma. Up to 6 
months is then allowed for the production of a dissertation which gains 
the Masters Degree (MA/MSc).

This restructuring is led, in part, by our need to conform with general 
University practice, and also the fact that we have been requiring 
students, perhaps unfairly, to spread their studies over 2.5 years while 
it is perfectly reasonable and usual to complete a part-time Masters 
Degree over 2 years.

I hope people find this further information useful (I'm trying to avoid 
pushing the Leicester Program - advertising), but all the necessary 
information is available on our website: 
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/study/museumstudies(dl).html

I'm happy to declare that I have a direct interest:
Jim Roberts
Webmaster
University of Leicester
Department of Museum Studies

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