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Full time | Creative Campus, Kingsway | 1 year | OCT-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

OCT-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Design (Non-Industrial)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Advance your professional and personal design practice and develop your skills through the questioning of design methods and theory.

Course overview

This course is intended for practitioners from a range of design disciplines wanting to advance their design practice and develop their skill base while developing a greater understanding of the theoretical knowledge underpinning design processes. In a creative and challenging interdisciplinary environment, design theories are questioned and established while individual creative solutions are explored.

Why study this course with us?

Our course looks across traditional boundaries within visual design practices, encouraging you to develop design possibilities for your individual practice while examining theoretical and professional contexts.

We will encourage you to engage with design discourses and new directions, thereby contextualising your individual practice.

Our course will initially facilitate the contextualisation of your practice, through research methods, current contexts, and playful exploratory design practice. Then, you will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of project management, effective collaboration, and the communication of design practice to professional audiences. Lastly, the final major project provides a chance to undertake a significant self-initiated design project.

Assessment

Assessment is through a combination of practical and written work that will include:

  • design artefacts
  • academic papers
  • project reports
  • sketchbooks
  • self-reflective journals
  • presentations
  • exhibitions

Careers and Employability

Student Futures aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.

Modules

This module provides an opportunity for graduates to undertake a significant project demonstrating individual creativity and the exploration and application of design knowledge. The candidates' own practice would be considered appropriate to derive a project theme/title. Alternatively candidates may wish to manage a project for a professional organisation or practitioner. The substantive content will be determined by the focus, content and context of the project, its technology and skill set and the encompassing design research, reading, fieldwork and professional level design practice.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,505

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£14,750

Entry requirements

Candidates will hold a 2:1 honours degree in an appropriate Design subject, or have evidence of recent professional work equivalent to honours degree standard. Through the submission of a portfolio and statement of intent on application, then further through interview, candidates must be able to demonstrate a level of knowledge and competence appropriate to the demands of the course and to demonstrate the potential to benefit from that study. Consideration will be given to those who hold a lower classification who can demonstrate they are capable of performing at the level required to complete the course successfully.

University information

The University of Chester is a 21st century university which traces its roots back to 1839, placing it among the oldest higher education institutions in England. With a modern outlook, a strong research pedigree and guiding principles of supportiveness and inclusiveness, it’s an academic community that has stood the test of time. Today, it attracts thousands of students from around the world and is known for its commitment to helping students...more