Creativity is central to success in the Knowledge Economy. It is also the key to unlocking our own expressive potential. Our MA IN DIGITAL ARTS AND MEDIA offers a unique combination of practical, creative skills and intellectual inquiry. It blends the use and application of key Arts and Media technologies with an in-depth understanding of context and the intellectual training required for todays highly competitive arts, media and public communications environment.
This programme is specifically designed for students intending to expand their creativity and critical awareness in the area of Digital Arts and Media at an advanced level. It will equip students with the mastery of necessary skills for production in the areas of Digital Graphic Arts, Image Production and Digital Design to enable them to become highly-qualified professionals in these areas. The programme is also designed to enable students to be sensitive to the context in which their creative output is located and to gain mastery in their ability to communicate to specific target audiences in a powerful way.
Much of the MA is project-based and teaching is conducted in close collaboration with members of staff. Technical subjects are delivered through a series of master classes, theoretical and critical approaches through seminars, project work through one-to-one supervision. The course culminates in a major project submitted at the end of the third semester. We have excellent resources that have been specifically designed for this programme with the recent building of our Digital Arts Centre where students enrolled in the MA Digital Arts and Media will be located. Students will also be given the opportunity of submitting their work for public exhibition as part of the Bradford Media School's on-going series of exhibitions of student work.
This programme will also train graduates in specific research techniques, critical awareness and project management skills that would be an ideal foundation for a research in the area of Digital Arts and Media. On successful completion, the programme will afford students progression onto PhD research programmes offered within the Bradford Media School.
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PLEASE NOTE: Many of our postgraduate taught courses are available for part-time study over 2 years. Flexible part-time study routes are negotiated with students on an individual basis Please contact our Recruitment Manager for information.
*Modules may change at short notice
Generally, applicants are expected to possess a good Honours degree in an area relevant to their proposed programme of study from an approved degree-awarding body; or else to have a good Honours degree in any subject, together with skills and experience in a relevant area.
In addition, if your first language is not English, a test of written and spoken English normally needs to have been passed at grade 6.0 for IELTS (with no subtest below 5.5) or for TOEFL (87 for the Internet-based test).
If you would like to apply on-line, please see this page which includes information on University's on-line application system. We prefer you to apply on-line wherever possible. However, if you have difficulty applying on-line, or would prefer to apply by post, please complete this downloadable application form (MS Word) and send it to the address on the right.
University Programme Specification for this course (MS Word .doc)
