MA Digital Arts

Our Master’s in Digital Arts prepares you for the engaging and dynamic world of the digital and creative arts. The course builds upon the solid foundations of undergraduate courses including Digital Arts, Fine Arts, Sound Design, Film, Television, VFX, Animation, Graphic Design and Media and Communications. It aims to help you with creative projects that highlight the importance of practice-based research, expertise and experimentation.

You’ll enjoy research-led teaching that encourages you to produce innovative work that is relevant to the modern digital arts field. Use a range of technological tools to produce a diverse range of creative outputs. Emerge as a versatile and creative professional ready to enter creative agencies and organisations.

What you should know about this course

The course prepares you to develop complex and creative projects that prioritise practice-based research and experimentation.
It’s designed for those looking to further cultivate their creative skills and develop their personal specialism through a diverse range of art practices.
You’ll expand your practice using state-of-the-art facilities and equipment including TV and sound studios, computer labs, 3D printers, laser cutters, digital printers, and projectors.
It challenges you to develop unique practices and methodologies with the ability to discuss, theorize and contextualise personal work.
You’ll gain the necessary skills to emerge as an independent artist or enter a wide range of creative businesses and organisations within leading-edge digital technologies.

What you will study

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

Expanded Art Forms (30 credits)
Aesthetics and Practice (60 credits)
Major Project (Digital Arts) (60 credits)
Research Methods in a Cultural Context (30 credits)

How you will learn

Teaching

As a practice-based Master’s degree, most of your time will be spent in the studios or off-site developing your work alongside tutorial supervision. In a typical week, you will have workshops, seminars and critiques to discuss your work with colleagues and tutors.

Visiting artists will be made available each term for specialist lectures, workshops and tutorials. Theory courses will be taught alongside other Master’s programmes to encourage subject crossover and multidisciplinary views.

Class sizes

Lectures, seminars or tutorials are normally attended by smaller groups. Numbers can vary more widely for modules that are shared between degrees.

Students also take part in shared/collaborative modules with students on other creative arts course, providing a perfect opportunity to develop skills in group and teamwork.

Independent learning

Outside of timetabled sessions, you are also expected to dedicate time to independent study (around 8-10 hours per module per week).

Every module will involve further reading and research. You will also be expected to spend time preparing for classwork such as presentations and group discussions, and for assessed coursework and examinations.

You can use our Stockwell Street library and online resources is available for academic research and study.

During the week you can also:

Attend guest lectures from industry experts
Take part in employability and enterprise workshops
Join Student Societies.

Overall workload

The course offers modules worth 15, 30 and 60 credits. If you are studying full-time, you should expect the workload to be similar to a full-time job (approx. 40 hours per week in total).

Assessment

Each course has formal summative assessments which count towards your final grade. Portfolio submission and oral presentations will be used for practice-based courses. Written essays will also form a portion of your degree.

Throughout the year you will receive formative feedback through group critiques and one-to-one tutorials. These will help you monitor progress and do not count towards your final grade.

Feedback summary

We aim to give feedback on assignments within 15 working days.

Dates and timetables

The academic year runs from September to June.

Careers and placements

What sort of careers do graduates pursue?

As a digital artist you can establish a working practice of your own specialism and/or develop a career within a wide range of creative industries. Independent artists who develop their own practice are able to participate in exhibitions and create a freelance working career.

Those who wish to join companies will find employment in fields which include motion graphics for TV, film and computer games, projection mapping and interaction design for live events, digital sound and music production, and creative computing.

Do you provide employability services?

The School of Design has an Employability Officer for postgraduate students to consult about specific opportunities relevant to the course. They work closely with professionals in industry to ensure you are well-prepared for the workplace and have already begun to build your professional network by the time you graduate.

The central Employability and Careers Service also provides support for students preparing to apply for placements and graduate roles, such as CV clinics, mock interviews and employability skills workshops.

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