MA Creative Media Practice  MA Creative Media Practice University of Sussex ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1534153195University-of-Sussex.jpg

This MA encourages new thinking and creativity across a broad spectrum of creative production and exhibition, and explores the theoretical underpinnings of emergent media practices. Led by award-winning media artists as well as critical theorists, the programme offers the opportunity to explore critically informed creative practice across digital media, photography and a range of aural and visual forms. Relationships among these emergent media practices are investigated through a combination of lectures, seminars and hands-on workshops. This MA provides an opportunity for students from diverse backgrounds to take advantage of Sussex?s unique interdisciplinary history and practices. It is an ideal environment for existing media practitioners to further their technical and conceptual knowledge, as well as expanding their practice into new forms. While remaining focused on media production, the programme interrogates contemporary media from the perspectives of media theory and cultural studies ? providing a critical context for the production of work. Your cross-disciplinary practice will be supported by faculty and peers working in related media practices, as well as guest masterclasses taught by leading artists and industry professionals. Additional admissions requirements Due to the creative nature of this programme, the selection process requires applicants to submit a small portfolio containing two or more pieces of practical media-based work submitted either on a single CDDVD or uploaded to a personal website with a URL supplied to the University. The portfolio will be used to select successful applicants. If you do not have existing practical experience, one of our other programmes might be better suited to you. Please also note: you will be required to take a compulsory practical pre-sessional course during the week prior to the start of the academic year. The pre-sessional course aims to ensure you are familiar with the equipment and facilities you will be using throughout your studies before you start formal teaching. The cost of this course is included in the tuition fees. Programme structure Autumn term: you take the core course Expanded Media Practice, involving practical work in various media alongside the study of narrative and other structures. In addition, you choose one option from a list that may include Documenting the Real ? Gender and Representation ? Global Media Theories ? Independent Project I ? Media Technology and Everyday Life ? Media Theory and Research I ? New Developments in Digital Media ? Participatory Media Theory ? Theory and Practice of Interactive Media. Spring term: you take the core course Research and Development for Creative Practice and one option from a list that may include Independent Project II ? Media Audiences ? Media Technology and Everyday Life ? Media Theory and Research II ? Mobile and Locative Theory and Practice ? Queering Popular Culture ? Latin American Cinema ? Musical Multimedia ? Rethinking European Cinema ? Science, Technology and Culture ? Space and Representation ? Video Documentary in Contemporary History. You may substitute one course from another arts and humanities programme with the approval of the programme convenor and the course tutor. Summer term: with the guidance of your supervisor you complete a major work in your chosen media, along with a critical essay. Assessment Assessment is by practical media work as well as a process workbook, and critique. The final assessment is a major media work plus an essay.