The course runs over two calendar years part – time or one calendar year full time: Part One * Critical Studies in the Arts (20 credits) Learn about systems of inquiry, how to understand and engage with objects and issues that affect your particular domain * Arts Practice 1 (40 credits) Develop your skills in your chosen discipline, challenging genre and context to develop an original body of work either within a studio context or placement. Please note: For students studying part-time the above modules will be undertaken between October – June during your first year. Part Two * Arts Praxis (40 credits) Build on and refine your line of enquiry, develop new skills, producing a body of work within a studio context or placement which demonstrates complexity of understanding. * Professional Practice in the Arts (20 credits) Explore entrepreneurial, marketing and management aspects of contemporary practice within a framework of social, political, economic and cultural responsibility * Major Arts Project (60 credits) Complete a detailed project demonstrating praxis; an area of research and practice relevant to your concerns, utilising research methods appropriate for an arts scholar and an appropriate means of presentation. Please note: For students studying part-time the above modules will be undertaken between October – September during your second year.

The course acknowledges the value of experience and partnerships to enable employability. A key element of the course involves establishing partnerships, internships, residencies and placements with arts organisations and galleries, NHS Trusts, social services, charitable trusts, schools, colleges, care homes and commercial companies to develop these. The course also develops your professional skills and positions your practice within critical and contextual frameworks. Work/study placements You will have the opportunity to develop your practice and gain experience in the field through practical placements, mentoring and live projects matched to your needs whilst benefiting from specialist facilities and expertise to extend your skill sets. Career options Graduates of MA Arts Practice (Arts, Health and Wellbeing) can progress to careers in academia, arts administration, artists in residence, arts education, arts and disability, community arts, commissioned works, gallery administration and curatorship, health sector management, public art, studio practice, social services, youth work.