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Creative Arts and Mental Health MSc

Different course options

Full time | Mile End | 1 year | 16-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

People With Mental Health Problems: Social Work Art Therapy Art

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The programme offers an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge and research, with a particular emphasis on theatre and performance in the creative arts. This innovative and unique MSc is for you if you are an education professional, artist, scholar or mental health practitioner and is jointly run by the Centre for Psychiatry and the Department of Drama.

  • Learn about the application of the creative arts to research, practice, education, advocacy and activism in the field of mental health
  • Study the ways in which mental health experiences are represented in the arts and in popular culture
  • Consider how arts practice can critique and expand both clinical and popular understanding of mental health and the mental health system
  • Learn how mental health professionals, arts practitioners and others interested in mental health and wellbeing work together in both clinical and non-clinical environments
  • Develop your own area of expertise in the field of the arts and mental health through options of placements, arts practice and research

Facilities

  • Specialist performance facilities at our Mile End campus, including three rehearsal rooms, the Pinter studio theatre, and the Film and Drama Studio (FADS)
  • The new Graduate Centre and award-winning Lock-Keepers’ Cottage
  • Queen Mary’s comprehensive libraries, including the Postgraduate Reading Room
  • Access to the University of London Library at Senate House

Career paths

Some students already hold qualifications in art or drama therapy, are practicing artists, or work elsewhere in mental health. For them, the programme offers an opportunity to expand their knowledge base, develop their practice, meet a variety of other professionals working in related fields and further their careers

Other students have used the MSc as a stepping stone to entering a career in education, mental health practice or to pursue postgraduate research/doctoral training in either art or mental health.

Modules

This module sets out the existing state of mental health care and practice, taking account of the historical legacy and the place of power and identity in contemporary practice. Students will learn about assessment and diagnostic practices, their strengths and limitations, and about traditions of research, evaluation and engagement/dissemination methods ranging from medical to social sciences. The module is based on seminal readings and textbooks that investigate the philosophy, social and anthropological perspectives on mental health practice, and the place of representation and stigma in modern policy and practice. The module also addresses historical and contemporary debates within the field of mental health and mental health care.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,450

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£22,900

Entry requirements

2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject. Applicants with a good 2:2 degree will be considered on an individual basis.

University information

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is an internationally regarded public research institution based in London. It has a long history, dating back over 230 years, and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities. Queen Mary has five campuses in the city of London and an international network of satellite campuses in China, Malta and Paris. There is a population of around 16,000 students at the London campuses and more than...more