MA | PG Diploma | PG Certificate - Design (Ceramics) | Bath Spa University

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Ceramics aims to develop individual abilities within the subject, whether through practice or historical or theoretical study. Approaches range from sculpture and installation through to studio ceramics and design for products.

  • School: Bath School of Art & Design. Taught at Sion Hill.
  • Duration:  MFA - 1 year full-time (3 semesters) & 2 years part-time, PG Diploma - 2 semesters, PG Certificate - One Semester
  • Awards: MA Design: Ceramics or PG Dip Design: Ceramics or PG Cert Design: Ceramics.
  • Start Date: October

The course is distinctive in offering you the opportunity to specialise in ceramics as a medium allied to a breadth of possibilities, and establishing negotiated individual modes of practice.

Career Opportunities

Bath Fine Art graduates from BA and MA courses have worked and exhibited widely as professional artists, had work purchased by the Tate and other institutions, represented the UK in exhibitions such as the Sao Paulo Biennale and have been nominated for the Turner Prize. Graduates work as curators and gallery professionals in public and private galleries and for arts councils and organisations, and write for journals. University anticipates that with the collaboration of the Artist Teacher Scheme there will be regular recruitment from the profession and that a number of graduates will return to teaching or become lecturers.
Admission Requirements & Selection
  • The normal entry qualification is a good undergraduate degree or its recognised equivalent in appropriate fields of study (such as design, business, media, ceramics, textiles) and by interview. Candidates with a good honours degree in an unrelated discipline and/or with relevant background experience will also be considered.
  • The University offers a Pre-Master's programme for international students who are non-native English speakers. This is intended to raise your level of English and to prepare you for postgraduate study in an English university.
Course Structure

Theoretical elements will be delivered as a concurrent contextualisation of your practical work along with study of the relevant research methodologies. In this way your practical work is firmly based in the theoretical and critical awareness of its context and potential market.

The modules available are:

  • Research Methodologies
  • Initiating Creative Practice
  • Developing Creative Practice
  • Analysis of Contemporary Context
  • Masters Project

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