SPP: NTU Post-Grad course x2

MA Interaction Design

Course fees: £4,440 per year of study

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About this course

This degree provides students with an opportunity to push the boundaries of contemporary digital practice through the exploration of interaction between people, objects and environments using existing technologies, new developments and practices.

This will provide exciting opportunities to combine live and digitally created media. The taught elements of the course encompass new media developments and human interfaces, information spaces and interaction as an art form. Students will be given opportunities to develop content and unique audience experiences using the full capabilities of new technologies in truly interdisciplinary ways.

We offer a great variety of MA titles, but best of all we give you the opportunity to work in a truly transdisciplinary environment. NTU gives MA students their own designated space, where you can meet students from different subject areas and obtain information and support from an MA coordinator and administrator. This makes it easy for you to work with your fellow students, learning the skills of collaborative and inter-cultural sensitivity.

Course content

• You will develop, demonstrate and apply autonomous skills in research, analysis and practice through a structured programme which integrates scholarly and creative perspectives and processes.
• Complete a new body of appropriately contextualised work that will display comprehensive knowledge and understanding of interaction design.
• Practical and managerial expertise in project management and advanced research will be explored in the context of global cultural and creative industries.

You will complete the work proposed in your Learning Agreement; this is most likely to be a significant new body of practice accompanied by documentation of your research and a reflective journal. You may have chosen to write a dissertation and, if so, the length will have been formally agreed previously. In every case you will present your work appropriately, to an audience, in a professional, effective manner.

Importantly, you will be in an enabling environment and context that embraces, questions and explores the diverse fields contained with in interaction design. In particular, this course seeks to extend understanding of the ways in which practice works to incorporate cultural and technological developments

Assessment

Assessment is carried out via coursework at the end of each phase, culminating in an exposition of student work towards the end of the course.

How do you study?

Lectures and seminars are delivered by NTU tutors and enhanced by the visiting lecture programme, which assists students in making professional contacts.

Students will receive individual and group tutorials, and be given opportunities to undertake interdisciplinary work as well as regular peer-review presentations.

Students will benefit greatly from the expertise of our teaching and supervisory staff, all of whom have exemplary knowledge and distinguished experience within their respective areas of practice. They will have ongoing contact with tutors, as well as 24-hour access to lecture notes and reading material via the University's virtual learning environment.

Resources and facilities

The MA is hosted by the School of Art and Design, giving students access to a range of excellent dedicated facilities within the School, ranging from traditional media through to industry-standard digital technology centres. Facilities are supervised by skilled technical personnel.

Research opportunities

This course promotes development towards MPhil and PhD.

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We offer a great variety of MA titles, but best of all we give you the opportunity to work in a truly transdisciplinary environment. NTU gives MA students their own designated space, where you can meet students from different subject areas and obtain information and support from an MA coordinator and administrator. This makes it easy for you to work with your fellow students, learning the skills of collaborative and inter-cultural sensitivity.

Course content

This modular MA is designed to offer a framework for advanced study and to develop core skills in a number of areas, including:

• research methodologies
• the professional and cultural contextualisation of work
• practical project experimentation and realisation
• critical and reflective evaluation.

All skills are developed as the course progresses, with the aim of preparing students for a major MA individual or group research project.

Modules are designed to encourage interdisciplinary working. The context and research module, for example, is delivered to the entire postgraduate community, thus giving students the opportunity to exchange ideas and analysis. This form of dialogue is crucial for the development of new thinking and new directions in art and design.