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Creative Enterprise and Innovation at Cardiff Metropolitan University - UCAS

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: Cardiff Metropolitan University (Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd)

Creative Enterprise and Innovation (Taught)

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Course summary

Innovation is crucial for future proofing society. Informed by economic, ethical, societal and technological contexts, it requires an entrepreneurial mindset which is adaptable to constant change. This Masters Degree in Creative Enterprise and Innovation aims to develop and launch students' own businesses through research-led practice and practice-led research, provides an academic pathway through which you can develop your enterprise idea and advance your business proposition ready for commercial development or launch. It aims to evolve your entrepreneurial approaches to their practice, equipping you with the research and business skills needed for starting and sustaining a business. Our Creative Enterprise MA allows you to explore a research and enterprise interest in relation to art and design, design craft, the cultural and creative industries or social enterprise; providing an environment for you to benefit from others working in neighbouring creative practices. The programme enables you to establish and expand specialised knowledge through research-led practice and practice-led research spanning human centred design, wellbeing and inclusive design, human experience and ethical, sustainable practices. We will enable you to locate your research interests within the wider global, ethical, social and political contexts relevant to the landscape of contemporary art and design research, fostering the critical thinking that will assist you in your career. Possible exit points - MA/PgD/PgC

Modules

This course is driven by the students’ self-defined project. To support this, each student is allocated a Personal Tutor and in addition to subject-specialist members of staff from within the School. Together they form the supervisory team. The nature of the discipline is such that the course relies on our skilled practitioners as the key facilitators of learning and reflecting this, a variety of delivery mechanisms will be deployed, with a common focus in that they will seek to develop your skills as proactive and reflective independent learners. As a part of this programme you will study the following modules: Semester 1 In Semester 1 you will undertake two integrated parallel modules: Research, Empathise, Discover and Methodologies. The Research, Empathise, Discover module is bespoke to the programme, designed to support advanced scholarship in your chosen area of research to inform a research and enterprise proposal. ART7770 Research, Empathise, Discover (40 credits) ART7771 Context and Methodologies Part 1 (20 credits) Semester 2 In Semester 2 you will undertake two integrated parallel common modules: Idea and Contexts, and Methodologies Part 2. These modules are designed to support continued advanced scholarship to contextualise and put into action the research proposal you developed in Semester 1 in relation to global, ethical, social, and political concerns. ART7773 Idea (40 credits) ART7772 Context and Methodologies Part 2(20 credits) These modules are designed to support continued advanced scholarship to contextualise and put into action the research proposal you developed in Semester 1 in relation to global, ethical, social and political concerns. Such relationships will be explored, in part, through collaboration with Masters students from other arts programmes, offering exchanges and interactions that can enrich and make our own ideas distinct. In tandem with Idea, you will study the Contexts and Methodologies (Part 2) module, in which you examine the paradigms, influences, enablers and boundaries that help to determine the agency within our idea. Semester 3 In Semester 3 you will undertake one module: Output. The module is comprised of two integrated activities equivalent to 60 credits. The Output module consolidates the research findings through a public facing exhibition, an enterprise launch event/pitch, or equivalent curatorial project (June/July), and a written paper or article. (August/September). ART7774 Output (60 credits) Throughout Output you will be expected to present, communicate and disseminate your central ideas, methods and findings from a position of informed critical evaluation. Output is primarily self-directed, supported by regular individual and group tutorials, mentoring, and student-led seminars that leverage discussion and criticality on the values, principles, practices and processes that are embodied within their proposed ventures. To achieve this, students will be expected to consolidate their findings from other modules and to communicate them to a specified academic and non-academic audiences through appropriate modes. Exit points/Awards: On completing 60 credits in total, students may be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate. On completing 120 credits in total students may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma. On completing 180 credits in total students will be awarded a Master’s Degree.

Assessment method

The learning outcomes are assessed within the modules through a variety of methods including essays, presentations and project work etc, as seen in individual module descriptors. Assessment takes place at strategic points in the academic year to enable and support your continued development. Group critiques and tutorials offer continuous feedback opportunities. Peer and self-assessment is used extensively.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Entry requirements

You will normally have achieved a first class or second class upper division first degree (1st or 2.1 degree classification) in an appropriate subject, and/or equivalent professional standing or experience in a design, design crafts, or creative Industries discipline (based upon assessed Accredited Prior Learning or assessed Accredited Prior Experiential Learning), or a discipline associated with their programme of study. In addition, those students for whom English is not their first language are required to have IELTS. International Applicants Students whose first language is not English will need to provide evidence of fluency to at least an IELTS 6.0 standard or equivalent. For full details about how to apply and English Language qualifications please visit the International pages on the Cardiff Met website. Before making an application, EU/International students are asked to contact Dr Fiaz Hussain [email protected] to discuss the necessary procedures in relation to studying with us. All students are interviewed for this course. Where a face to face interview is not possible, these will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £1225 Module
England £1225 Module
Northern Ireland £1225 Module
Scotland £1225 Module
Wales £1225 Module

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.
Creative Enterprise and Innovation at Cardiff Metropolitan University - UCAS