Galway-Mayo IT - Galway

What will I study?
The MA in Creative Practice is a 12-month 90 credit course. The PG Dip is an 8-month 60 credit course. In both programmes there are three mandatory taught modules; Themes and Issues in Creative Practice (10 credits); Professional Development (10 credits); Research and Innovation (10 credits).

Students undertaking the MA would also undertake a 60-credit Research Project. Students undertaking the PG Dip will undertake the Creative Practice Projects for 30 credits. Students graduating with a PG Dip can also return later to undertake the Minor Thesis for additional 30 credits in order to achieve their MA award.

The Research Project of Creative Practice Project is initiated by a project proposal which will be guided and developed to completion by the end of the course. In the case of the 60-credit Research Project module; first, a practice-based element is undertaken where the student focuses on developing their art, film, digital media or socially engaged practice to completion. The second element seeks to critically contextualize their practice through the written form, taking into consideration the wider social and cultural fields in which their practice will perform. The two elements can overlap to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the project and the individual requirements. This structure has allowed the offering of the PG Dip 30 credit Creative Practice Projects module, followed by the Minor Thesis module if the student wishes to continue to achieve the MA award. These two 30-credit modules largely mirror the overlapping elements structure of the 60-credit module, however they can also be taken independently. This flexibility also allows the opportunity of an exit from the MA programme with a 60-credit Post-Graduate Diploma.