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.
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 Methodologies (20 credits) Semester 2 In Semester 2 you will undertake two integrated parallel common modules: Idea and Contexts. 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 Contexts (20 credits) 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. (September). •ART7774 Output (60 credits) 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 (Master of Fine Art).
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.
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, which could include business studies, and business management. In addition, those students for whom English is not their first language are required to have IELTS.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Republic of Ireland | £1225 | Module |
| England | £1225 | Module |
| Northern Ireland | £1225 | Module |
| Scotland | £1225 | Module |
| Wales | £1225 | Module |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Cardiff
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