MA Creative Media Practice

Program Overview

The MA Creative Media Practice program empowers individuals to enhance their creative skills and knowledge. It offers a flexible modular structure, allowing participants to tailor their learning to their chosen field. The program emphasizes practical application through project-based learning and provides opportunities for mentorship and networking with industry professionals. Graduates are equipped for careers in the creative media industry, including roles such as independent producers, scriptwriters, and digital media developers.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview: This program is designed for individuals from various disciplines and industry professionals seeking to enhance their creative skills, knowledge, and experience.
It offers a flexible suite of modules allowing participants to build a strong portfolio of high-quality creative work across chosen areas of practice.
• Objectives:
• Broaden participants' creative skill sets.
• Explore and solidify creative identities across diverse creative fields including film, digital media, photography, writing, and performance.
• Equip participants for careers in the creative media industry.
• Provide opportunities to network with professionals, build portfolios, and develop essential practical skills.
• Offer a foundation in practice-based research and a platform for pursuing further doctoral studies.
• Program Structure: Flexible modular structure allowing participants to tailor their skill set based on their chosen field.
• Curriculum: Covers a wide range of topics including the integration of creative, cultural, technological, social, and political forces within the creative industries, screen and broadcast industries, and theoretical underpinnings of these areas.

Outline:

• PgDip Stage Modules:
• Applied Creative Contexts (indicative option, 20 credits)
• Creative Portfolio (core, 20 credits)
• Creative Industries: Professional Practice (core, 20 credits)
• Research: Critical Development (core, 20 credits)
• PgDip Optional Modules (choose two):
• Collaborative Multiplatform Project (20 credits)
• Creative Media Practice (20 credits)
• Soundscapes (20 credits)
• Wildlife Filmmaking & Media (20 credits)
• Motion Graphics (20 credits)
• Master's Creative Project (core, 60 credits): Completion of a sustained professional creative project such as a feature-length documentary, creative writing piece, multimedia product, exhibition, or performance.

Assessment:

• Assessment Methods:
• Oral presentations
• Written reports
• Coursework assignments
• Academic posters
• Logbooks
• Essays
• Case studies
• Literature reviews
• Research proposals
• Written contextualization
• Assessment Criteria:
• 40% based on practical work
• 60% based on coursework assignments

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods:
• 18% scheduled learning
• 82% independent study
• Faculty: Experienced creative media practitioners and professionals including guest lecturers and industry mentors.
• Unique Approaches:
• Strong emphasis on practical application of learned skills through project-based learning.
• Focus on contemporary trends and technologies shaping the creative media landscape.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Independent producer
• Scriptwriter
• TV development producer
• Documentary-maker
• Digital media producer/developer
• Artist filmmaker
• Motion graphics designer
• Media or arts practice teacher
• Media or arts practice lecturer
• Career Opportunities:
• BBC
• Independent production companies
• Toronto Film Festival
• Community media organizations
• Theatre companies
• Media or arts departments in universities and colleges
• Freelance careers in photography, media, and arts practice
• Creative media businesses

Other:

• International Student Focus: Program attracts international students, many of whom work in the creative sectors in their home countries as digital content creators.
• Further Study Options: Graduates can pursue PhD studies or work-related learning opportunities in the creative industries.
• Successful Completion Rates: High student success rate with graduates obtaining prestigious positions and establishing fulfilling careers.

Scottish £7,500 Total cost of tuition All other UK & Republic of Ireland £11,750 Total cost of tuition Channel Island & Isle of Man £11,750 Total cost of tuition International (all other EU plus Non-EU) £15,500 Total cost of tuition

Modular Tuition Fees (20-credit points) 2024-25

Scottish £1,070 per module (20 credits) All other UK & Republic of Ireland £1,680 per module (20 credits) Channel Islands & Isle of Man £1,680 per module (20 credits) International (all other EU plus Non-EU) £2,210 per module (20 credits)