Course description of MA Design at University College For The Creative Arts
About the course
This MA Design course is open to the designer, architect, artist or theorist, working in the field of the 3-D environment, who wishes to extend and redefine the theoretical and practical base of their subject at an advanced level.
The main component of the course is the personal project, supported by a core programme of lectures, seminars, and other events that focus on contemporary issues. The core programme comprises taught units of study, covering research methodology, contemporary design theory, digital media techniques, design practices and interdisciplinary studies. The MA personal project is your individual programme of work, developing an appropriate area of design expertise. This may be specialist or interdisciplinary, but should extend the boundaries of design through an exploration of methods, techniques, ideas and themes. The MA Design personal project is composed of three units of study: research, development and realisation. Each unit contains written and practical elements to develop work that is both philosophically reflective and technically accomplished. The final project may be either a design or a theoretical proposition supported by research and development work. The end of the course is concerned with the publication and dissemination of your MA project work. In this final phase you will work with practicing professionals to identify future audiences for your ideas and prepare yourself for the next stage of your career.
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The course offers a flexible full time mode of study and can be completed over 1 or 2 years enabling those in work to realistically undertake postgraduate study. The Rochester campus offers MA students their own dedicated facilities including fully equipped digital workstations, seminar and tutorial space together with a full range of specialist workshops for making and production.
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