This MA transcends the traditional fields within design, and offers you the opportunity to develop your own specific practice in relation to multiple design disciplines. Where relevant, you are encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work, through collaboration with fellow students, or in the form of your own projects.
The programme emphasises the development of a critical practice through a two-fold consideration of context – examining theoretical or speculative issues alongside those involving practical or material concerns. By engaging with the way discourses infuse design practice, and exploring how practice itself may contribute to evolving design discourse, you will develop knowledge and understanding through active enquiry and reflective process.
What you study
Three strands of study will introduce you to a range of theories and discourses inherent to design practice. You will review and explore the methods and processes used to research and produce design-related ideas, work on briefs that are linked to your theoretical studies, and eventually focus on a major project through which you will develop your design interests and concerns.
Careers
Most of our graduates find employment in the creative and cultural industries, some in prestigious leading-edge companies such as Imagination, Coleman Planet, Raw, Medium Rare, Fitch and Pentagram. Also: practice development; further study; freelancing; senior designer/manager.
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. If you do not have a related undergraduate degree we also welcome those who have significant practical experience in a design-related field: you will be judged on the relevance of your previous work experience, and on your art and/or design work. We will also consider applicants who do not have a design-related background but who have engaged in research either in academia (as students or academics) or at work. We expect a high standard of achievement in design or other creative practice, and competencies in the use of equipment used to produce design work (IT and/or manufacture workshop skills). You need to present, in portfolio and at interview, evidence of evolved critical and creative thinking in design. If your first language is not English, you should normally have a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or equivalent.
A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more
education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be
considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements
may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed
pathways into higher education.
Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk