Fine Art MA (Online) Falmouth University

Tap into Falmouth's renowned Fine Art expertise globally

For almost 120 years, Fine Art at Falmouth has challenged students to develop a practice that engages with the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. On this Fine Art MA, you'll learn to build a sustainable practice as an artist, while navigating the context of global economic, political, social and ecological change.

You'll have the opportunity to collaborate and build networks on a global scale, all while enjoying the flexibility of online study. Through peer-led learning, mentoring and guest lectures with a range of expert professionals, you'll create exhibitions, events and a curated body of work.

We're looking for critically engaged practitioners who are looking to refine their practice and build global cooperative networks.

You will:

• Benefit from a vigorous programme of online guest lectures, workshops and masterclasses led by professionals from across the globe.
• Have the opportunity to collaborate with and develop an international network of art practitioners and peers.
• Apply critical reflection to define and articulate creative intent and purpose; analyse your practice in relation to specific themes to develop a reflective, adaptive and resilient practice.
• Build an understanding of the historical and contemporary contexts that situate your practice in relation to the art world's complex global networks and positionalities.
• Consider the social, environmental and ecological impact of your own fine art practice and how it responds or poses solutions to global challenges.

Throughout this online Fine Art MA, you'll be challenged to experiment while developing and situating your practice within relevant fields of critical art practice. Foregrounding the importance of sustainability, ethical practice and business know-how, you'll become a resilient and entrepreneurial practitioner, able to navigate global economic, political, social and ecological change.

Modules

This Fine Art MA is comprised of five modules, four 30-credit modules and one 60-credit project (180 credits in total). The modules have been specifically designed to be studied in a non-linear order, with the order in which you’ll study the modules depending on when you begin the course. All modules on the course are compulsory and must be passed in order to complete the award.

• Contemporary Positions and Practice
• Collaboration
• Sustainable Strategies
• Informing Contexts
• Final Major Project

The modules above are those being studied by our students or proposed new ones. Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you, please discuss it with the Course Leader.

How you'll learn

You'll learn through a blend of lectures, webinars, guest talks, tasks and discussion forums, which you'll access via our dedicated virtual learning environment. This is also where you'll find all key documentation, get course announcements and access extensive learning resources.

You'll be supported academically by Online Tutors, who will also deliver weekly webinars and facilitate the online forums. If you need assistance with anything that isn't directly related to course material, a dedicated Student Advisor team will be on hand to help. You'll also have access to Falmouth University's excellent employability service, RealWORKs.

You'll refine dynamic art practices, spending 20-25 hours a week working on your craft. We incorporate optional live events for all our online students. There will be up to two per year and will typically run over a long weekend, to fit around your other commitments.

Study hours

A postgraduate student should dedicate at least 20-25 hours per week for study.

Assessment methods

Assessment provides the course team with a means of offering tailored guidance alongside advice on how to progress knowledge and skills in key areas that relate to the course Learning Outcomes. The course team will identify your strengths and weaknesses as an individual and discuss them with you throughout your time on the course.

Assessments are 100% coursework, submitted in an electronic format to the virtual learning environment, and designed to reflect professional practice. Assessment methods include:

• Completed projects submitted as portfolios
• Written and verbal presentations
• Illustrated proposals
• Essays and reports

As a Fine Art MA graduate, you could become:

• Practising artists
• Curators and art exhibition or festival organisers
• Arts teachers, lecturers and technicians
• Art critics, journalists and publishers
• Social entrepreneurs or campaigners
• Research/PhD students