Program Overview

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Masters in Production

MA/MSc Creative Industries Futures

Overview

Gain hands-on experience by collaborating with artists and songwriters to deepen your knowledge and build your portfolio of work as a professional.

For that you need the opportunity to work within a state of the art studio with hands-on mentoring from a professional producer and studio engineer.

Whether you most want to further explore and deepen your knowledge on the technical aspects of audio engineering including acoustics or, you want to widen your experience at working with multiple varied artists ACM & Metropolis has the pout together exactly this opportunity which we are excited to announce exclusively to our L6 production students.

This is an exclusive opportunity for you to upgrade your degree to a Master’s and gain invaluable experience with an ACM and Metropolis expertise in some of the most renowned studios in the UK. You will have the unique opportunity to learn from industry professionals and award-winning producers and engineers at Metropolis Studios, Metropolis Blue Rooms, Grosvenor Road Studios and our brand-new facility in Brixton House.

By joining our program, you’ll be able to:

• Gain real-world experience in top-tier recording studios.
• Learn cutting-edge techniques from leading professionals in the field.
• Build a professional portfolio that proves your enhanced skills and expertise.

Extra Curricular

Access to all of our undergraduate programmes

As an exclusive offer, we give our masters students access to all of our undergraduate content across all of our programmes. So if you wanted a bit more time to sharpen your skills in areas you didn’t have the opportunity to explore fully, you can. You can even drop into classes, book tutorials and attend all masterclasses and extracurricular events open to other pathways.

Learn from the Masters

You’ll be learning from our expert tutors and mentors but also, some of the biggest names in the business across masterclasses, workshops, seminars and hands on practical shadowing. You’ll work with the likes of Dan Parry, Romesh Dodangoda, Paul Weir, Nick Gatfield, Bill ‘n’ Ted and more. You’ll also have direct access to the ACM executive team for advice and help with your projects and products.

Facilities and work shadowing

You’ll be working in our award winning studios and have access to Dolby Atmos suites, immersive audio spaces, cutting edge facilities and tech. Whichever campus you are in you’ll have full access to our Brixton house suite, in addition to Metropolis studios, and more. Even more exciting is within your offer, is an opportunity to shadow producers and engineers working at our Blue Room facilities, Metropolis and other industry partners.

Modules & Skills Units

The programme structure for full time study is:

Level 7

• 702 Creative Applied Research
• 703 Ideas Into Action
• 704 Making Connections and Building a Community
• 701 Professional Practice Frameworks

Course Details

Award

MA/MSc Creative Industries Futures

Awarding Body

Middlesex University

Modes of Study

• Full time
• Blended

Study Level(s)

Postgraduate

Campus Delivery

• Guildford
• Birmingham
• London
• Remote

Duration

1 Year full-time

Entry Requirements

• Honours degree, with a 2:2 classification or above;
• Possession of equivalent qualifications;
• Have worked in the creative industries as a professional for at least 3 years in the country in which you are a resident or any other country and have evidence of the work that you carried out;
• Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which, taken together, can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required.

Fees

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Modules

702 Creative Applied Research

Term 2 & 3 – (60 credits)

This module challenges and supports you to undertake an applied research project in the creative industries running across two terms: the first term focusing on the specific area of your research and the second concerned with the delivery and impact measurement.

The applied research might be a proof of concept, minimal viable product or an adaptation/ challenge to existing/ innovative practices; enabling you to evidence academic expertise and work collaboratively with local communities, industry and/or academic networks.

You will be allocated a supervisor based on your research specialism, which will provide an opportunity for feedback and support on work progress. You will also be able to discuss your pathway with your programme leader to choose between Arts-based or Science-based practice, this will decide whether you graduate with an MA or an MSc.

703 Ideas Into Action

Term 2 – (30 credits)

This module encourages you to get involved in rapid prototyping, complex problem-solving and collaborative pitching based on strategies and feedback from invited guest speakers, who have already put their ideas into action.

You will be able to deconstruct the project management processes needed to develop from concept to release whilst exploring your projects’ context from the perspective of different collaborators, to effectively pitch at a high level to a variety of audiences.

704 Making Connections and Building a Community

Term 3 – (30 credits)

This module enables you to establish a network of peers and relevant industry contacts to develop opportunities in key organisations in the local community, research organisations, potential investors, charities and the creative industries.

You will be provided with strategies, tools and methods within stakeholder management, achieving a comprehensive ability and understanding on how to communicate and engage with different stakeholder groups. This will be delivered in a portfolio of evidence tracking decision-making processes, activities and responses, ethical considerations, influence and impact.

This development of opportunities requires you to build your own community of interest from networks, including potential investors, partners, customers or new audiences so that you can build a forward strategy for your applied research project in practice.

701 Professional Practice Frameworks

Term 1 – (60 credits)

This module enables you to undertake a Professional Practice Framework relevant to your personal and professional goals. Working individually and in small groups you will also be accompanied by a Framework Mentor who will facilitate the evaluation of your skills in ONE of the following areas:

1. Creative Practice
2. Creative Enterprise
3. Higher Education Teaching
4. Workforce Development
5. Community Arts and Health

Each of the PPF holds its own platform, methods, facilitator role and requirements.

This provides you with the opportunity to review and strategically up skill your applied skills including technical, craft and creative competencies as well as leadership, project management, interpersonal and other transferable skills.