The course has established an impressive reputation and is designed to enable artists to develop their art practice at an advanced level within an exciting and supportive environment. Successes include AHRC funded research degrees and professional achievements with one ex-student being selected to represent Wales in the Venice Biennale 2007.

The Department of Art is committed to life long learning and attracts a diverse range of applicants from local, national and international background and experience. All students are taught by a number of specialist practitioners and visiting artists, theorists and curators.

Course Content

Full-time students are based in the Margaret Street studios and part-time students are normally based in their own studios/workspaces. All full and part-time students have access to the full range of workshops and a number of book-able spaces across each week.

The course consists of studio practice modules (75 per cent) centred on Advanced Individual Practice. This is supported by a range of optional theoretical modules (25 per cent) that assist you in the review, development and contextualisation of your practice, in relation to contemporary culture and current debate.

Postgraduate Certificate

Advanced Individual Practice in this stage affords you the opportunity to develop your existing practice in relationship to the theory option chosen. Research Methodologies and Professional Practice provide valuable support through briefings, lectures, studio and theory seminars and personal and group tutorials.

Postgraduate Diploma

Advanced Individual Practice in this stage enables you to develop and critically evaluate your practice in relationship to the seminar option you have chosen to follow. The seminar option enables you to develop an appropriate context which forms the basis of your Contextual Research Presentation. This can be presented as an extended essay of 5,000 words or equivalent project.

Master's

This stage of the course is exclusively practice-based and afford you the opportunity to develop your work towards its presentation in an appropriate form for final exhibition open to the public.

Assessment

Assessment is determined by the extent to which your have fulfilled the learning outcomes of the module within each stage of the course. Work submitted for assessment includes individual art practice, evidence of research and supporting material and a 5,000 word essay or equivalent project.

Entry Requirements

A first or second class Honours degree in a related subject, or equivalent qualifications or professional/life experience.