WOLVERHAMPTON SCHOOL OF ART EST. 1851 Faculty of Arts THE UNIVERSIT Y OF OPPORTUNIT Y
WOLVERHAMPTON SCHOOL OF ART EST. 1851 The Faculty of Arts is an exciting and vibrant place to be, where creativity and personal discovery go hand-in-hand with scholarship and academic endeavour. Whether your interest is Art and Design, Humanities, Media, or Performing Arts, each of our four Schools has a wide range of courses at postgraduate level, and you can look forward to studying in some inspirational surroundings using state-of-the-art technology. You’re welcome to contact us at any point if you’d like to talk more about our courses, or if you’re working on a research proposal to read for a PhD.
COURSES • Art and Design (MA by Research) • Design and Applied Arts (MA) • Design and Applied Arts (Ceramics) (MA) • Design and Applied Arts (Fashion) (MA) • Design and Applied Arts (Glass) (MA) • Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design) (MA) • Design and Applied Arts (Textiles) (MA) • Digital and Visual Communications (MA) • Fine Art (MA) • Wolverhampton School of Art research degrees
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Our creative community at the Wolverhampton School of Art consists of a team of professional artists, designers academics, industry professionals, expert technicians and internationally recognised researchers. We have a long-standing history of design excellence and offer a broad range of courses all housed within one purpose-built building in the heart of Wolverhampton. We have nine floors of outstanding facilities, including purpose-built workshops, specialist equipment and dedicated studio spaces which create an important environment for creativity to flourish. Full details of all courses and entry requirements can be found at: wlv.ac.uk/postgraduate
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ART AND DESIGN MA by Research This course offers an exciting opportunity to follow an area of your own academic interest under the supervision of published experts in their fields. You can pursue topics across the full range of art and design specialisms offered in the School including fine art, photography, glass and ceramics, interior and product design, fashion and textiles, and visual communications.
We provide support through theoretical and contextual lecture series, studiobased seminar critique and individual tutorials. The ethos of the School is to provide you with the time and space to develop your ideas and practice, culminating in the final off-site MA exhibition. As this course is taught by supervision, there is flexibility to arrange tutorials – either online or in person – around your work, family and other commitments. You will also have dedicated space to work in our postgraduate studios.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
FULL-TIME: 1 year
PART-TIME: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1 or Semester 2
The course will provide you with the knowledge and key abilities and strategies to further your artistic career independently.
There is extensive potential for self-employment as an artist, in areas as diverse as public and community art, environmental art, gallery exhibitions and curating. You could find employment in the visual arts in one of the creative industries in the private or public sector.
WHAT WILL I STUDY? You will be supported and advised throughout by your supervising tutor who will guide you through an agreed schedule of activities, building towards the final assessed piece of work with the opportunity to be exhibited and publicised in a group MA exhibition.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? You will write at least three extended (non-assessed) assignments or produce at least three pieces of practical work leading to a final, assessed portfolio, which may include a viva voce examination.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Fine Art
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WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
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DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS MA
FULL-TIME: 1 year
PART-TIME: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Consider your current and past practice and recognise the opportunities that exist for research, material investigation and professional development. Subject specialisms include ceramics, glass, interior design, fashion and textiles.
I was guided throughout by some wonderful tutors, who not only helped me creatively but also with the technical challenges of ceramics. One of the highlights was my three week placement working in the ceramic studio at the V&A Museum. MICHELE COXON, MA DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS
Semester 1 or Semester 2
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
You will be introduced to a range of approaches in the analysis and debate of material practice related to applied arts and design-driven outcomes. Supported by specialist academics with internationally recognised profiles, you will benefit from lectures and presentations from visiting international artists and designers, have access to excellent workshop facilities, and engage in study visits both in the UK and abroad.
This course has a strong focus in contemporary practice and builds on existing art and design theory, techniques and applied arts traditions. You are encouraged to be independent thinkers, designers and makers, and develop your own unique identity within an environment that fosters and nurtures a philosophy of selfsufficient practice and thought.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? This course will provide you with the opportunity to establish a career in design, practice and/or industry in the UK and internationally. It is specifically designed to promote entrepreneurism. It also provides a platform for further research leading to PhD or other forms of academic research.
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HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? A mixture of written assignments and creative studio projects.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion / Glass / Interior Design / Textiles / Ceramics)
DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS (CERAMICS) MA
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
The ceramics course at the University of Wolverhampton offers a wide-ranging set of facilities that are amongst the best in Europe. You will be encouraged to be an independent thinker, designer and maker, and, importantly, allowed to develop your own unique identity within an environment that fosters and nurtures a philosophy of self-sufficient practice and thought.
You will have one-to-one tutorials with staff where your progress and work is discussed, challenged and moved forward. Seminars and lectures on your 3D practice are given, as well as placing your work in a contextual basis. This is important to give a complete understanding of your work and development.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
You will develop a strategy that suits your particular way of working and artistic expression by utilising your own research techniques and methodologies. The MA provides the opportunity to explore and expand your work to a higher level of both artistic and technical detail that has relevance in your life after studying. Many of our alumni go on to set up their own studios or work with other ceramic artists to develop their own individual career path.
Formal presentations of your practical work and the development of a proposal of study. Contextual studies require a written body of work on which to examine you.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN • MA Design and Applied Arts (Glass) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Textiles) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design)
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1 or Semester 2
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DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS (FASHION) MA
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: WHY WOLVERHAMPTON? We welcome ambitious fashion designers and designer-makers who wish to develop their practice and pursue careers within the fashion industries. Your individual practice is at the heart of the course, which promotes experimentation and critical enquiry alongside strong links to industry and the design profession. An emphasis on experiential learning (learning through doing) extends to work placements – offering you first-hand experience of where and how to place your work in a global marketplace. You will have the opportunity to work in bespoke studios and workshops with access to industrial stitch rooms, specialist machinery for knitting, leather and digital embroidery, a pattern cutting room, dye facilities for fashion, screen printing, digital printing, laser cutters and 3D printers.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Many of our MA graduates go on to set up their own businesses supported through the University’s entrepreneurial business start-up scheme SPEED.
WHAT WILL I STUDY? You will have one-to-one tutorials where your progress and work is discussed, challenged and moved forward, and seminars and lectures on your practical work, as well as placing your work in a contextual basis through a written dissertation.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Formal presentations of your work and the development of a proposal of study. Contextual studies require a written body of work on which to examine you.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Glass) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Textiles)
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Semester 1 or Semester 2
DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS (GLASS) MA WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
The glass course at the University of Wolverhampton offers a wide-ranging set of facilities that are amongst the best in Europe: from Hotshop, kiln casting, fusing and slumping, to architectural glass making. The course draws on all aspects of the studio glass movement with an emphasis on individual work and exploration.
You will have one-to-one tutorials where your progress and work is discussed, challenged and moved forward, and seminars and lectures on your practical work, as well as placing your work in a contextual basis through a written dissertation.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Many of our alumni go on to set up their own studios or work with other glass artists to develop their own individual career path. The MA provides the opportunity to explore and expand your work to a higher level of both artistic and technical detail.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Formal presentations of your work and the development of a proposal of study. Contextual studies require a written body of work on which to examine you.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Textiles) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Ceramics)
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1 or Semester 2
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DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS (INTERIOR DESIGN) MA
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
START:
The Interior Design route has a strong emphasis on combining artistic expression and subject-specific knowledge in exciting and imaginative design solutions. Student projects are self-initiated, and can be a response to numerous subjects, but are generally informed by contemporary design or social issues in the built environment.
You will study your chosen area with an emphasis on independent learning. The course structure relies on a series of one-to-one tutorials where your progress and work is discussed, challenged and moved forward. You will have seminars and lectures on your practical work, as well as placing your work in a contextual basis through a written dissertation.
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Interior design as a discipline encompasses many practical and artistic themes, such as contemporary materials practices and new technologies, social and political issues, contextual positions and personal self-expression.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Through a process of conceptual thinking and artistic expression, you have the opportunity to develop your understanding of spatial relationships and conceptual arrangements, and to demonstrate and exploit your creative thinking in an artistic and creative industry context.
Your developing body of work is assessed at the end of each module through a formal presentation of the work and the development of a proposal of study. Contextual studies require a written body of work on which to examine you as well as a presentation of your work.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Glass) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Textiles)
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DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS (TEXTILES) MA
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START:
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
You will have the opportunity to work in bespoke studios and workshops utilising a range of industry-standard facilities, including a superb range of professional printing resources for silkscreen textile printing, dye, experimental surface print and digital printing. This includes the latest technology in Mimaki textile printing and sublimation printing facilitated by a large-scale double bed heat press, rug tufting machines and carpet design equipment, laser cutting, 3D printers and additive manufacturing facilities.
You will study your chosen area with an emphasis on independent learning. The course structure relies on a series of one-to-one tutorials where your progress and work is discussed, challenged and moved forward. You will have seminars and lectures on your practical work, as well as placing your work in a contextual basis through a written dissertation.
A dedicated team of creative practitioners and technical experts will support your personally negotiated proposal of study, while a regular series of lectures from external experts supplements research. We have close links with our local communities and industrial and cultural organisations, extending to national and international relationships.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Your developing body of work is assessed at the end of each module through a formal presentation of the work and the development of a proposal of study. Contextual studies require a written body of work on which to examine you.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Glass) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design) • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion)
Many of our MA graduates go on to set up their own businesses supported through the University’s entrepreneurial business start-up scheme SPEED.
Semester 1 or Semester 2
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DIGITAL AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MA Develop your creative design abilities and gain the marketing skills and knowledge essential for a career in the competitive marketplace that exists around international visual communications.
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
Specialisms available:
• Understanding and Defining Digital and Visual Communication Practice
• Animation • Computer Games Design • Design for Advertising • Graphic Communication • Illustration • Multimedia Design • Photography • Video and Film Production
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON? The course has a truly international perspective reflecting the global nature of the visual communications sector. You will have the opportunity to investigate a bespoke project aligned to your own particular interests and aspirations, culminating in a showcase exhibition and portfolio.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? We promote ‘thinking practitioners’ who will be well positioned to work within the growing global industry of digital and visual communication. Employment opportunities include establishing your own business, pursuing a career in design, practice and/or industry in the UK and internationally, or advancement in your current employment. You can also further develop your portfolio through PhD study. 12
Modules may include: • Creative Approaches to Digital and Visual Communications Research and Practice
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year PG Diploma: 9 months
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years PG Diploma: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1 or Semester 2
• Critical, Contextual and Theoretical Enquiry • Critical, Contextual and Theoretical Frameworks • Master’s Project in Digital and Visual Communications
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion / Glass / Interior Design / Textiles / Ceramics) • MA by Research in Art and Design
Studying in an artistic environment where different design disciplines are working close together and the well-balanced level of guidance and independency really helped me to investigate and improve my work in graphic communications. YVONNE JOHN, MA DIGITAL AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS (GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION)
Thanks to my time here I made new friends from all over the world and learned a lot. PHILIPP DEBATIN, MA DIGITAL AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
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FINE ART MA
FULL-TIME: MA: 1 year PG Diploma: 9 months
PART-TIME: MA: 2 years PG Diploma: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
Doing the MA was the best thing ever! I have opened up whole new areas of investigation, brilliant!
START: Semester 1 or Semester 2
DAVID WESTWOOD, MA FINE ART
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
You will be supported by our dynamic artists and researchers, and benefit from field trips and gallery visits. You will develop creative studio work and gain an understanding of key aspects of art history and theory, as well as the social and institutional context within which artworks exist. On completion, your practical work will be displayed in a group MA exhibition.
Typical modules include:
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? There is extensive potential for selfemployment as an artist, or you could work in the visual arts in one of the creative industries. You will gain skills in research and presentation, team working, exercising initiative, personal responsibility, and decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
• Studio Practice • Theory and Contemporary Practice • Audience and Display • Studio Practice and its Methodologies • Master’s Project in Fine Art
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? You will be assessed through a mixture of written assignments and creative studio projects. You will be fully supported during studio practice and tutorials to raise the quality of your work to Master’s level.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MA Design and Applied Arts • MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion / Glass / Interior Design / Textiles / Ceramics) • MA by Research in Art and Design
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CENTRE FOR ART, DESIGN, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION Established in 2006, the CADRE’s overall concern lies in the effect of art and design upon society. The social interaction inherent in new interactive technologies, the theory and practice of cultural agency, and experiments in radical democracy and performative objects remain the hallmark of both the intellectual and practical research in all of our research groups.
The Centre is made up of the following research groups: • Art, Philosophy and Social Practice • Communication and Design • Material and Theoretical Practice
RESEARCH DEGREES Study a PhD with us FULL-TIME: PhD: Up to 4 years MPhil: Up to 2 years
PART-TIME: PhD: Up to 8 years MPhil: Up to 4 years
LOCATION:
Our PhD opportunities in the Faculty of Arts cover a wide range of research areas based on the specialisms of our staff. We structure PhD study in a different way to many universities, which means you won’t find specific PhD course pages, but can look through our research interests and see if your area of study would fit with the expertise of our staff.
Once you have found a member of the Faculty you think could potentially supervise your PhD, please fill in our initial enquiry form and let us know what you would like to research. For more information, visit: wlv.ac.uk/arts
City Campus
START: Any time throughout the year
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This Faculty booklet describes in outline the programmes offered by the University of Wolverhampton. These, as well as other details, are correct at the time of going to print. However, programmes and modules can be added or withdrawn without notice. Support offered and other details are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information and list of programmes currently offered, as well as campus tours, student case studies, and lots more useful information, please visit: wlv.ac.uk/postgraduate. We regularly review our courses to ensure they reflect the needs of students and employers. Courses advertised ‘subject to approval’ have successfully completed the first stage of the approval process. We welcome applications for these courses. However, their full academic detail is subject to final approval and may change – in rare instances a course may not run. If you have applied for a course that is subject to approval, our Admissions team will keep you informed of any changes to the advertised course. By accepting an offer from the University of Wolverhampton, a legal contract is formed between you and the University. The University’s terms and conditions and the course-specifi c information provided at the time of your offer form the basis of this contract. Admissions terms and conditions (found at: wlv.ac.uk/admissions-terms-and-conditions) contain important information you must carefully read before accepting your offer. The University’s Policies and Regulations webpages at: wlv.ac.uk/polsandregs also contain important information about rights and responsibilities, including complaints procedures.