Course summary
As services are pushed into the community to relieve pressure on acute health service provision, artists are becoming more and more valuable to the delivery of social healthcare. This course offers an innovative way of meeting the challenges of finding solutions to a range of public health issues and promoting publicly funded arts organisations.
- Amongst only a handful of courses offered nationally, our course offers a distinctly art-based MA rooted in art practice with dedicated studio spaces in a traditional art school setting.
- Students will learn how arts in health activities complement biomedical models of healthcare through a holistic and ‘person-centred’ approach to interventions facilitated through art (including visual arts, music, performing arts, design etc.) and will benefit from our strong connections with the local health board, local county art officers and third sector organisations for effective placements.
- Co-produced with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Arts in Health and Wellbeing co-ordinator who will act as an advisor, this course also has input from two experienced arts in health researchers with national influence and expertise to provide strategic direction and a national platform for the course.
- Civic engagement is at the heart of this programme which will equip students with research and entrepreneurial skills needed to sustain themselves in work within an ethos of fostering a sustainable society mindful of environmental and civic responsibility or our future.
- Students will be working within the arts in health field in real-life settings, supported by research in the faculty.
- Students will be able to access dedicated studio spaces in a traditional art school setting.
- Students will have the opportunity to either set up their own work placement or volunteer on a pre-existing project led by a professional artist.
- Placement opportunities organised by Wrexham University include; Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) hospitals, Theatre Clwyd, Denbighshire Arts Dementia Group, Ty Pawb, cARTefu: a National Art in Care Home Mentoring Programme & MOSTYN Gallery, Llandudno.
Modules
Students will study four taught core modules worth 30 credits each, followed by a dissertation project worth 60 credits. MODULES
- Arts in Health Funding
- Arts in Health Practices
- Professional Practice Placement
- Research Methods and Application
- Dissertation and Master’s Art Practice
Assessment method
Assessment will be conducted through a series of coursework (typically a portfolio), including evaluations of the practical work for each module. Teaching and Learning We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping you deal with the practicalities of university work. Our student support page has more information on the help available.
How to apply
International applicants
If you are applying as an European / International Student, and live outside of the UK, you should make your application through our online application system, Centurus. For information about the university’s entry requirements for EU/international students, please visit our international section.
Entry requirements
We currently require an initial degree in a relevant subject, classified as First Class or 2:1, or evidence of recent activity in the subject equivalent to these classifications as determined by interview. All applicants are expected to hold a good and relevant initial degree, or provide a portfolio of their own work, demonstrating equivalence to an initial degree. Overseas students can submit their portfolio and statement of intent digitally if they are unable to visit the university in person.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Channel Islands | £5940 | Whole course |
| Republic of Ireland | £5940 | Whole course |
| England | £5940 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £5940 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £5940 | Whole course |
| Wales | £5940 | Whole course |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Wrexham University
Plas Coch
Mold Road
Wrexham
LL11 2AW