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MA Art and Social Practice

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    Full time: 12 months; Part time 24 months; online/distance learning 12-24 months

Course Description

Artists in the 21st century work in participatory settings where skills in creative and social engagement are essential. This course addresses these changing needs and facilitates a shift in thinking away from conventional ideas about where art practices are located and how work is disseminated. The course is delivered through online learning. Special features of the course include:

  • Taught by practising artists who work across a range of local, national and international contexts, from urban centres to remote and small communities
  • Opportunity to engage in the field of socially engaged art, Project work based around your own interests, networks and location
  • Join in an international forum for students, artists and organisations hosted in collaboration with other universities. 

Entry Requirements

2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject such as art, design or new media, art history, and cultural studies or other closely related discipline such as arts administration or management.

Applicants with other qualifications or relevant experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on an individual basis.

The university is pleased to offer a limited numbers of places with full tuition fee support for Scottish/EU students, studying full time, on this course starting in September 2018 to help talented students join this key growth sector for the Scottish economy. Fees will be funded by the European Social Fund and Scottish Funding Council as part of Developing Scotland’s Workforce in the Scotland 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Fund Programmes.

 

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Fees

This course is available online with support from Shetland College UHI, Gremista, Lerwick, ZE1 0PX
In 2017/18 per module (20 credits): Scottish Online £560, Rest of UK and EU Online £650. International online £900 Masters degree is 6 modules plus dissertation

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