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MA Interior Architecture and Design

MA Interior Architecture and Design

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Interior Design Architecture (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Welcome to MA Interior Architecture and Design

This MA programme is designed for art, architecture, and design graduates who wish to specialise in creative approaches to the making of interior. The programme works contextually and aims to provide adaptive response to under-utilised built-heritage at risk.

The design studio is the vehicle for the delivery of a teaching and learning strategy which is largely project-based. This allows for the presentation of the studio as a simulated interior architecture and design consultancy. Students act as design associates in a firm with an established ethos, knowledge base, culture, documentation standards, and design approach under the direction of a team of managers.

It is foreseen that this approach will produce an enabling and encouraging work environment, which respects individual well-being, sets realistic expectations, and allows for personal development and growth.

The programme offers two pathways: Treatise by Practice and Treatise by Research; both pathways are designed to provide a platform to progress to further employment in interior consultancies or to advanced study at doctoral level.

How You Are Assessed

Formative assessment occurs regularly throughout the programme by means of student critiques, draft written assignments, and progress reviews. Summative assessment is via project presentation supported by written project documentation.

Career Opportunities

The programme offers two pathways: Treatise by Practice and Treatise by Research. Both pathways are designed to provide a platform to progress to further employment in interior consultancies or to advanced study at doctoral level.

The treatise that is prepared as the result of the practice route displays the characteristics of a ‘professional master’s degree’ as defined by the QAA (2015:5): it aims to enable graduates to qualify for entry into the profession of interior design (this may be subject to the requirements of the profession in various jurisdictions) and to provide development opportunities related to advanced employment in interior design.

The treatise that is prepared as the result of the research route displays the characteristics of an ‘advanced study master’s degree’ as defined by the QAA (2015:4): it aims to prepare graduates to advance their careers through further academic or professional study or for entering employment of a different kind in interior design.

Modules

This module allows students the opportunity to integrate the imaginal interior approach introduced in Practice and Collaboration 4.2 in their design-research. This module is completed through the Practice Route (Option A) or the Research Route (Option B) as determined in Interior Design Process 4.1. For students on the Practice Route, design conceptualisation is considered as the creation of secondary meanings which are assigned to use-objects. The design process is continued through the technical development and resolution of the project as spatial response to an existing structure. Students on the Research Route may conduct a design-research study in the form of a critical investigation into their field of interest (as defined in the Certificate Stage). The issues under investigation will comprise an area of inquiry which will be expanded upon in the final stage of the programme (Master's Stage).

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,600

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,600

Entry requirements

Students need to have a first or second class honours degree or equivalent professional experience.