MA Contemporary Crafts

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Postgraduate

In Hatfield

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Hatfield

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    September

MA Contemporary Crafts is an award that sits within the MA Art and Design programme at the School of Creative Arts. Within this masters programme there is strong emphasis on professional practice and the real-world applications of art and design. You will develop key research skills and gain a good understanding of the work of other practitioners in your field.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Hatfield (Herefordshire)
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University of Hertfordshire (College Lane Campus), Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


Develop your individual creative practice in Contemporary CraftsKnowledge and understanding of current critical debate.
Gain advanced technical and entrepreneurial skills for the successful creative practitioner.
Work alongside practitioners working in a range of areas of practice, in stimulating and challenging environment.
Take a look at our MA Art booklet.


Contemporary Crafts is designed to enable you to operate successfully as a professional practitioner in your area of specialism. Graduates have gone on to establish studios, exhibit professionally, work as curators, PhD study, teaching, work towards site specific commissions.

An honours degree (2:2 or above) in a field relevant to the award you want to study. If you do not have a degree, you will need to show you have appropriate professional experience and skills to benefit from the course. We may also be able to take into account accredited prior learning (APL) or accredited prior experiential learning (APEL).

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4.4
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  • I enjoyed this place they offer great services and I enjoyed like anything.
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  • I feel about being here. The university is great and my course as well. Tutors and student mass were great. Apart from all these te university has got great facilities like pharmacy, banking, frew buses, cafe, subway, starbucks and much more.
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  • MSc course gave a great impact on my career I will recommend this course to anyone.
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4.9
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Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Student reviewer

4.0
02/01/2022
About the course: I enjoyed this place they offer great services and I enjoyed like anything.
What I would highlight: I enjoyed this place they offer great services and I enjoyed like anything.
What could be improved: nothing to improve
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Fiona Brett

5.0
16/12/2018
What I would highlight: I feel about being here. The university is great and my course as well. Tutors and student mass were great. Apart from all these te university has got great facilities like pharmacy, banking, frew buses, cafe, subway, starbucks and much more.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
22/08/2018
What I would highlight: MSc course gave a great impact on my career I will recommend this course to anyone.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
21/06/2018
What I would highlight: The university has very high levels of academics and excellent lecturers to teach. Facilities could be improved. Rest campus life is great to experience with nice food destinations.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

3.0
25/03/2018
What I would highlight: Make sure that you are doing a course that you enjoy because sometimes the university become boring
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2022
2018

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 5 years

Subjects

  • Design
  • Design techniques
  • Art design
  • Design Methodology
  • Art
  • Artisans
  • Crafts
  • Develop
  • Contemporary
  • Technical
  • Economies
  • Creative Economies

Course programme

Structure

Level 7

Core Modules

  • Creative Economies - 15 Credits
  • Major Study: Contemporary Crafts - 60 Credits
  • Research and Enquiry - 15 Credits
  • Practice 1: Art - 30 Credits
  • Practice 2: Art - 30 Credits
  • Discourse and Reflection: Art - 30 Credits

Optional
  • Research and Enquiry (Online) - 15 Credits
  • Creative Economies (Online) - 15 Credits
Teaching methods

The programme is centred on individual practice and encourages critical dialogue between traditions, disciplines and media. The practice modules develop individual practice through a combination of work-in-progress seminars, tutorials and gallery visits and discussions. A sustained body of creative work forms the basis of assessment, supported by written documentation and assignments. The course is also designed to help you acquire research skills and understand what is going on now in fine and applied arts.

Additional information

International Students  Full time £12500 for the 2018/2019 academic year

MA Contemporary Crafts

Price on request