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Arts And Creative Technologies (By Negotiated Study), MA, University of Staffordshire

the United Kingdom

University of Staffordshire

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MAPart-time3 yearsJanuary, SeptemberGBP 2040GBP 0

About Arts And Creative Technologies (By Negotiated Study), MA - at University of Staffordshire

  • Choose or 'negotiate' most of the modules
  • Study part-time or full-time
  • Focus on essay writing, work-experience or make some artefacts (or a mixture of the three)
  • Specialise in one discipline or do interdisciplinary study
  • Also available at MSc level
  • You even get a say in what the award title on your certificate will be
  • Postgraduate loans now available

A unique Masters programme in which YOU decide the focus and subject of your postgraduate studies in the diverse area of Arts and Creative Technologies.

It is impossible to describe this course, because it is different for every single student. You are the person who decides what you want to do (as long as it's at a postgraduate level of study).

All you need to get started is a project that you want to tackle over the course. This could be a book or film project, it could be compiling a portfolio targeted for a specific job, it could be work for an exhibition or it could be something you always wanted to find out more about (and these are just a few examples).

Armed with your proposal we will find you a subject-specific mentor, who will help you put together a Learning Contract, which is your own bespoke course design, which will allow you to complete your project. You can use your own experience and interests to explore a subject through work-experience. You can also use the resources of the faculty -whether it be teaching and research expertise or workshop facilities - to help you. You even pick your own title for the course.

Most of the content of this award is up to you. There are two shared core modules, in which you design your Learning Contract and learn about research methods, and everything else is negotiated by you.

Course Fees and Finance

The expected study pattern on this programme enables you to complete modules totalling 60 credits in your first year of study and the other 120 credits, split equally over your second and third years of study. If you follow this pattern of study you will pay a fee of £2,040 for your first year in 2017/18. The fee for your second and third year of study will be broadly the same, except that an inflationary uplift may apply.* You will be invoiced for the modules that you register for each year, so if your study pattern is different from the expected pattern, you will pay more or less each year accordingly.

If you would like to know more about the fees listed and what this means to you then please get in touch with our Enquiries Team.

* The fees listed are for the 2017/18 academic year only. Any subsequent years may be subject to an inflationary uplift.

Alumni Discount: If you have previously completed an undergraduate degree with us, you may be entitled to 15% off your course fee for any subsequent postgraduate taught course. For further information please contact Graduate Relations.'

Postgraduate Loans:

Providing you are studying towards a full Masters qualification you may be able to apply for a loan of up to £10,280 to help with tuition fees, maintenance and other associated costs. You won't have to start repaying the loan until you are earning more than (currently) £21,000 per year.

Course content

Approaches to Flexible Learning

Research Methods Seminar

Negotiated Project 1

Negotiated Project 2

Negotiated Study Masters Project

You will also be able to choose two options from our range of postgraduate courses.

Graduate destinations

The course will qualify you to embark on further academic study at PhD level or move into a creative environment in the commercial and employment sector depending on the discipline followed.

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Staffordshire to find course entry requirements.

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