Model Design and Model Effects – (M.A.)

We relate the activity of modelling to the design thinking process and the communication of ideas and information through the languages and forms of model in a particular context. Those contexts range from screen-based media where the model may be realised as a digital artefact, through to a museum display where a physical object is more appropriate. Underlying the uses of models is a set of common issues relating to representation, communication and their inter-relation with processes.

Through your study you will develop a range of project management skills, and an ability to identify and manage your own learning. You will consider the role of enterprise opportunities in commercial, professional and social environments. Enquiry, research and clear communication underpin work throughout the programme. As well as specialist modules in your chosen discipline area the programme includes modules that are shared with other postgraduate awards in the School of Creative Arts.

This structure promotes cross-discipline discussion and maintains the enthusiasm and focus of discipline specialists. It enables you to develop the key transferable skills of postgraduate study grounded in activities that have currency, relevance and application for your future career and for further academic study. This award is concerned with the communication of ideas, information and feelings through materials and form in both physical and media contexts.

The postgraduate Media programme offers you a coherent learning in one of several awards. It enables you to develop creative practical skills in a discipline of your choosing. That work may extend your existing skills, knowledge and understanding, or it may mean a change of direction, new learning, and new experiences. Induction, seminars and social events for students and staff mean that you will be part of a friendly and supportive postgraduate community, which includes film makers, musicians and professionals working in new media.

Senior research staff and internationally renowned professionals work with postgraduate students, helping you to develop original and challenging work. Your study will include ways of thinking about the cultural resonance of your work and about the audiences it is made for, about the nature of creativity, and the role of the Cultural Industries in a modern knowledge economy.

Careers

Particular emphasis is given to providing you with the skills necessary to further your career as a Model Design practitioner. The course is designed to help you understand and work within the contemporary media environment. Particular attention is given to helping you acquire enquiry and information handling skills, enterprise skills in the development and presentation of ideas, in communicating in the spoken and written word, and addressing particular audiences.