Faculty of Arts & Society 29
MA Art & Design MA Design
Full-time or part-time Full-time or part-time
Routes: Contemporary Art, Graphic Design and The MA Design course will develop your abilities
Curating. to engage with the practice and study of design
in commercial and/or social contexts, equipping
This MA programme reflects the multi-
you to bring the outcomes of design processes
disciplinary nature of contemporary art, graphic
to fruition and to locate your personal practices
design and curating, providing a creative and
within appropriate professional contexts.
dynamic study environment for the pr
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exploration, development and cross-fertilisation Through a mixture of theory and practice, you
of ideas within these fields of practice, with an will develop your design skills and knowledge.
emphasis on collaborative activity and shared You will explore and debate design issues,
experience. experience the workplace, reflect on work
organisations and carry out creative design
Each student’s profile of previous experience,
projects. As a student you can focus on the
study interests and career aspirations is used to
contexts, issues and design outcomes that
determine their route through the programme,
interest you and which will be of benefit to you
leading to the appropriate named target award.
personally.
Students engage in a sequence of weekly
As the MA is part of a postgraduate scheme,
seminars and workshops on contemporary
you may work alongside postgraduate students
ideas within art and graphics, and participate
from other disciplines from across the Leeds
in collaborative projects with their peers. This
School of Architecture, Landscape & Design,
approach provides a focus for critical dialogue
for example, Landscape Architecture and
and debate, as well as a collective platform
Urban Design. Electives offer the opportunity
for the outcomes of each student’s individual
to draw on expertise from the wider University.
practice across a broad range of disciplines and
In semester two there are options for distance
approaches.
learning to support students whose work-based
Projects are led and supported by members of
learning makes it difficult to attend.
staff working with identified external partners
The course is designed with two main awards:
and each project results in a particular set of
PG Certificate in Design and MA Design for
material outcomes in the form of publication,
students wishing to study the course in its
website, exhibition, event and so on. The
entirety.
programme enables collaboration with a wide
range of external organisations and is supported Entry requirements
by a broad range of staff who are professional Applicants should have an honours degree
artists and designers. (2:2 minimum) in a design-related subject.
Applications should be accompanied by a
Entry requirements
personal statement explaining the role of
Applicants should have either a good honours
the course in your personal and professional
degree in a subject related to art and design
development
or any recognised equivalent. Other non-
certificated learning may be taken into International applicants are required to send
consideration when assessing applications to a portfolio of selected creative work. UK-
this course. Applicants meeting the minimum based applicants who meet the minimum
criteria are invited to interview. entry requirements will be invited to attend an
interview with a portfolio of creative work to
Key facts
demonstrate creative ability.
Course code: MAADE
Place of study: Civic Quarter
Key facts
Start date: September
Course code: DESMA
Length of study: Full-time 1 year.
Place of study: Civic Quarter
Part-time 2 years.
Start date: September
Length of study: Full-time 1 year.
Part-time 2 years.
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