Course summary
A practical Master’s in Graphic Design taught at our purpose-built Art and Design campus.
- Work in dedicated studio spaces on a purpose-built Art and Design campus.
- Learn alongside postgraduate students from across our Art and Design disciplines.
- Taught by accomplished design professionals, with excellent academic and technical support.
Modules
This Design Master’s runs over one year and is divided into three trimesters. Trimester one From the start of the programme we encourage playfulness and risk-taking. You’ll begin by making work that responds to a range of instructions in ways that will help you to interrogate your practical approach, and to learn from lecturers and other students as you progress. You'll develop primary and secondary research that will feed directly into your practical work and assessments, and the project that you produce will form the basis of your developing practice. We introduce a range of key issues in design and communication practice that allow you to explore how your specialist pathway relates to the wider field and to gain professional, critical and collaborative working skills. Trimester two Maintaining an experimental approach, you'll consolidate what you are learning and begin to narrow your focus within your chosen pathway or subject area. Academic staff will help you evaluate your development and refine your approach to support your project outcome. You’ll be encouraged to scrutinise the way in which your project functions and engages its audience. With help from our excellent subject specialists, technical demonstrators and technicians, you will hone the conceptual, technical aesthetic and contextual components of your project. Trimester three In the final trimester, you will work exclusively on your Masters Project. This is a self-directed, double weighted practice module in which you’ll be focussing your attention on your final Degree Show. By this stage you will have established a line of enquiry for your practice and will be working to a proposal for the show that you have developed. You’ll work in the studio with increasing independence to produce a body of work that demonstrates your advanced knowledge and understanding of your professional practice. The final MA Show exhibition will take place at the Locksbrook campus and will be open to the public.
Assessment method
Your progress is evaluated by formative assessment (throughout the duration of the course) and summative assessment (at the end of each trimester), through a mixture of exhibitions, verbal/visual presentations, research folders/blogs and written assignments.
Entry requirements
You’ll need a good undergraduate degree in a design, visual communication or art specialism, or its equivalent in terms of learning or experience, and a good working knowledge of design, visual communication or art contexts. Fundamentally, you’ll be selected on your ability to thrive on this course, as demonstrated by your portfolio and interview.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9950 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £9950 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £9950 | Whole course |
| Wales | £9950 | Whole course |
| Channel Islands | £9950 | Whole course |
| Republic of Ireland | £9950 | Whole course |
| EU | £18560 | Whole course |
| International | £18560 | 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
Bath Spa University
Newton Park
Newton St Loe
Bath
BA2 9BN