Level 9 Programme
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Master of Creative Practice Credits 180 (1.5 EFTS)
Start dates February or July
Annual fees $7,900 (NZD)
Campus Mt Albert
Duration Full-time for 18 months or part-time for three years
(Approximate domestic fees only. Includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee levy)
Career opportunities
If you enjoy designing solutions to complex problems or imagining new ways of experiencing and living in the world, this Master’s programme is for you. It’s designed for creative professionals who want to progress their careers by undertaking a significant piece of advanced creative research.
• Artist • Art director • Product designer • Graphic designer • Director • Photographer • Experience designer • Producer • Production designer • Sculptor • Visual artist • Performance designer • Service designer • Curator • Actor for theatre, film and television • Choreographer • Filmmaker
Highlights • Dynamic studio environments that facilitate independent and collaborative working practices. • Build your own Master’s degree as a stair-cased qualification. • Create a body of new work, build a portfolio, advance your practice and refresh or reorient your career. • Learn about and apply kaupapa Māori and Pacific approaches to creative practice. • Gain industry experience through negotiated placements or work on live projects. • Work in an evolving multi-disciplinary environment with exposure to a wide range of approaches, practices and theories. • Improve your communication skills through studio critiques and written activities.
Programme overview This programme enables graphic designers, contemporary artists, photographers, product designers, animators, game designers, performing artists, UX designers, directors, actors, dancers, filmmakers, costume and technical artists, producers and digital creatives to learn independently and collaboratively in studio and classroom environments. It supports and challenges you to question ideas, explore new professional practices and develop research and creative practice capabilities at an advanced level. A typical first semester experience provides you with foundational knowledge such as reading and thinking critically, experimenting with - and critiquing approaches to collaborative and creative industry practice, and applying artistic and design research methods. The second and third semesters consist of the capstone project which involves conceiving, proposing, and carrying out a creative research project where you’ll be supervised and mentored by academic staff and/or industry professionals. An example of this final project might be a performance, exhibition, design prototype or publication.
Scholarships There is a scholarship available to support talented students studying towards a Master of Creative Practice programme at Unitec. Full details can be found on our website.
• Learn from supervisors that include notable educators and creative practitioners.
Admission requirements
• Get feedback on your developing work from specialists in your field.
General admission
• Develop highly specialised creative research and critical thinking skills through a significant project.
For this programme, you’ll need:
1. To be 16 years old by the start of your first semester
2. A recognised Bachelor’s degree in the same or similar discipline with merit achievement (grade average of B- or higher in all Level 7 courses); or 3. A professional qualification in a relevant discipline recognised as being equivalent to merit achievement in a Bachelor’s degree.
English Applicants will need one or more of the following: • 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing) • Provide evidence that you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency such as IELTS • Achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years If you don’t meet the English criteria above, we have a range of English Language programmes available. There are additional English requirements for international students – you can find more information on our website. For more information download the programme regulations: unitec.ac.nz/art-design International Students, visit unitec.ac.nz/international
