Open day: 2017 postgraduate master’s degrees

March 25, 2017

Bath Spa University
School of Art and Design
Sion Hill
Bath, BA1 5SF

www.bathspa.ac.uk

Bath School of Art and Design is one of the leading art and design schools in the UK. Originally established in 1854, its distinctive identity attracts high achieving students, who benefit from excellent teaching and state-of-the-art facilities. Based in a world heritage city, and in the dynamic art and design economy of the south west of England, it’s a beautiful place to learn. Through inspirational teaching and research, and connected to a network of international partners, students become socially engaged global citizens.

Master’s courses
Applications are open for entry to our postgraduate master’s degrees starting in September 2017:

MA Fine Art 
The aim of the course is to examine and critically engage with art making. It is designed to stimulate and influence you to develop an independent artistic language through ambitious and disciplined studio practice. The course structure facilitates and actively supports a broad range of activities (from painting to live art) with the aim of questioning and articulating historical and contemporary art contexts and practices.

The MA Fine Art is studio based, supported by excellent facilities and workshops and taught by nationally and internationally renowned practitioners whose experience and knowledge of the subject facilitates a dynamic, dialogue-based learning environment.

MA Visual Communication
MA Visual Communication is a practice based course for specialists. It focuses on the distinct yet related strands of Photography, Illustration and Graphic Design; encouraging students to collaborate in examining the connection between each discipline and its shared visual language. In consultation with tutors, students develop their work individually and in conjunction with others. This approach provides a professional and a conceptual context for practice. The final portfolio shows evidence of this ability and control. Students will be able to present it with confidence when they finish the course and enter the work place, or continue with study.

MA Curatorial Practice
This innovative course is delivered by practicing curators. Its key feature is the opportunity to experience settings for contemporary curating. These settings include collections, public and private spaces and contemporary contexts including the “pop-up.”

MA Curatorial Practice has collaborative relationships with museums and galleries of national and international significance including the Holburne Museum, Bath; Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery and the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff. Other contemporary venues the course interacts with include Spike Island, Bristol; Arnolfini, Bristol and the new Hauser And Wirth Gallery, Somerset.

Funding opportunities
Postgraduate Loans—If you are resident in the UK or EU you are able to borrow up to 10,280 GBP to cover tuition fees and any other study or living costs.

Postgraduate Alumni Scholarships–available to all graduates of Bath Spa University, or one of its predecessor colleges, who are eligible for a 1,200 GBP fee reduction to their postgraduate course fees if they start a master’s degree in 2017.

A range of International Scholarships are available for full-fee paying international students studying on-campus.

Further information on all funding opportunities can be found at www.bathspa.ac.uk.

Visit us
Our postgraduate open day is the best way to find out more about our Master’s courses. Visitors can take a tour of our beautiful campus and the excellent facilities on offer and it’s an opportunity to meet academic and programme staff.

Register now for our next postgraduate open day on Saturday, March 25.