Degree By Negotiated Study - Arts And Creative Technologies MA

pg00002 EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME The Master by Negotiated Study [MaNS] offers highly motivated and appropriately qualified students the opportunity to propose, negotiate and pursue a programme of study within our postgraduate modular framework. The programme extends and develops your specialisation at undergraduate level or área of professional practice. The aims of this award are: 1. To provide a post-graduate programme of study for students who are able to articúlate a clear research/project proposal within their chosen subject área within the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies. 2. To provide a rigorous academic framework that will underpin a student's ability to learn independently and advance their knowledge, understanding and professional practice within their particular specialism, within the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies. 3. To provide the opportunity to conduct research within or across a variety of disciplines, and to enhance the employability of students by recognising the valué of interdisciplinary work and the specialised nature of the content of individual student's negotiated programmes. What is distinctive about this programme? MaNS is an exceedingly flexible Masters degree. Its essence allows you, in conjunction with the course leader and subject-specific tutors, to design a Masters course that meets your needs and interests. This programme also allows you to decide whether you are working towards an MA or an MSc qualification: If your course of studies focuses upon more artistic or humanistic approaches to your subject and uses predominantly qualitative methodologies you will be on track for the MA. The methods you might want to use here include lateral thinking, grounded theory or action research, for example. If your approach is more technical or scientific you will qualify for the MSc. Here you will focus on predominantly quantitative methodologies, using approaches such as hypotheses, testing, analysis and evaluation as a framework for understanding. If your programme ends up showing no clear preference for either of these two directions, your Masters Project will determine which one will be awarded. The degree is path-breaking in the way that it accommodates an interdisciplinary cohort of students from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. </div>