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Code: PGW507
Attendance: Part-time
Start: September 2024
Fees: £9,800 (UK)* £12,600 (INT)*
Duration: 18 months (over 3 terms)
Course Leader: Dr Robert Vesty
Study mode: Online
Placement year: Yes
School / Department: School of Arts

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Why study Professional Arts Practice MA at 港彩全年历史图库?

Access to the programme is based on your prior professional experience and not on holding an UG degree. The course will suit any professional arts practitioner working across the fields of dance, theatre, music, and broader interdisciplinary arts practices.

This is a unique master's level degree focused on your own professional practice. Designed for emerging and established arts-based practitioners, teacher, writers, curators, choreographers and performers. The MA is taught by distance learning, delivered entirely online so accessible internationally.

The course has established links with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), and the Association for Somatic Movement and Dance Therapies UK and Eire.

Course highlights

Gain recognition and academic credit for prior professional experiences*
Globally recognised master's level qualification, access from anywhere in the world
Centres you and your professional practice at the heart of your MA degree
Develops your practice through research.

*Please note that, normally, credit towards a new qualification must have been gained no more than five years before the programme of study commences.

About your course

You will study in depth your own area of professional practice. Starting with engaging with theories and processes of reflection you will begin to identify key moments of learning in your professional experiences (module one). You will then consider an area within your practice that you identify as being of significant interest/having the potential for further development and engage with concepts of research design and frameworks for practice-as research (module two), to develop a proposal for an independent research project that you will undertake, guided by your supervisor in the third and final module of the MA. You will develop skills in reflective practice, research design, practice as research methodologies, analysis, reflective writing, communication through practice and theory.

Through online discussion groups, guidance from your Supervisor and your module handbook, you are encouraged to position your professional knowledges through reflecting on your prior experiences and learning, culminating in a submission of a portfolio giving context to your practice.

RPL - alongside this module, you will also be guided through making a claim of 80 additional credits that will be awarded to you as a Recognition of Prior Learning.

In this module you will choose an area of your practice to research in depth and explore any existing work related to your chosen subject. This is a chance for you to explore your own work and to look at the work of other practitioners and researchers and explore new paths for your practice.

By the end of this module you will have produced a detailed research proposal that relates to your own industry practice. You will have accessed key sources, gained preliminary investigative experience and critical analytical skills that will further enhance the final phase of this course, as well as your career.

In this final module you will carry out the research proposed in the previous module and critically review the implications it has on your chosen area of industry practice. This is a chance for you to explore your chosen subject in greater depth; collect, analyse and evaluate data; articulate your research within an academic framework and through dissemination to your field of practice.

As part of this module you will complete a critical review, give an oral presentation, and produce a professional artefact. The oral presentation and the artefact allow you to find ways other than the written word through which to articulate your research.

On completing this module you will be able to demonstrate a high level of knowledge and skills in your chosen area of industry practice, with transferable skills in reflective study, research and critical analysis.

To find out more about this course, please download the specification for the Professional Arts Practice MA (PDF).

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Teaching

You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience.

Distance learning, online via zoom, blogs and one-to-one supervisions.

This course will be taught online.

One assessment point at the end of each module (x3 modules in total).

Assessments methods are multi-modal – practice-based, written, and presentation.

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Careers

How will MA Professional Arts Practice support your career?

Development of existing professional practice
Advancement/promotion in this field, access to entry onto higher level qualification (PhD/DProf)

Entry requirements

             
             Qualifications
Demonstrable prior professional experience in an arts related field
No undergraduate degree is required where professional experience is held

Additional requirement

Access to internet.

             
             Qualifications
Demonstrable prior professional experience in an arts related field
No undergraduate degree is required where professional experience is held

Additional requirement

Access to internet.

Application online plus interview for selected candidates to ascertain prior professional experience and interest in area of arts-based research.

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Fees and funding

The fee structure for this programme is unique, given that it only runs part-time (over 18-months) and utilises prior learning to award you credits. The total amount you pay for the whole course (as well as a breakdown of what you pay per module) is listed below. Please note, that unlike many PG courses, there is no ‘dissertation’ module on this course, so information found on the generic postgraduate funding page and elsewhere across the University’s website may not be relevant. Please always refer to this page and programme documentation for the latest fee information.

The fees refer to students commencing in 2024/25:

UK students

The total tuition fee for the course is £9,800.

£98 per taught credit (100 credits in total)

Year 1 of study (2 terms: Sept - May)

ACI4001 10 credits

ACI4002 30 credits

(80 credits RPL are claimed in this period but do not incur fees)

Year 2 of study (1 term: Sept - Dec)

ACI4003 60 credits

International students

The total tuition fee for the course is £12,600.

£126 per taught credit (100 credits in total)

Year 1 of study (2 terms: Sept - May)

ACI4001 10 credits

ACI4002 30 credits

(80 credits RPL are claimed in this period but do not incur fees)

Year 2 of study (1 term: Sept - Dec)

ACI4003 60 credits

For more information and to answer your frequently asked questions, please visit our postgraduate funding page.

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