入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求: The general entry requirements are:
•A good honours degree, ie an upper second or first, in any subject
•An internationally recognised qualification equivalent to a good British honours degree
Applicants without a first degree, but with extensive experience may also be considered and individual courses may have additional entry requirements to these.
英语要求:
•IELTS 6.0-7.0 (normally with 6.0 in reading and writing and a minimum of 5.5 in listening and speaking);
•TOEFL ibt 78-95 overall (with 20 in reading, 19 in writing, 18 in listening and 21 in speaking),
学费 Tuition Fee:2012-13 £11,140
课程特征 Course Features:
The MA in Contemporary Arts is one of four taught postgraduate courses for artists, composers and interdisciplinary practitioners offered by the School of Arts at Oxford Brookes University. These interdisciplinary courses broaden awareness of cross-art-form concerns, question the boundaries of contemporary art practice, provoke shifts in perception and engender work with relevance to contemporary life. A concern for location, context and audience is central; all projects culminate in a public presentation or performance.
课程内容 Course Content :
MA in Contemporary Arts students take two compulsory modules - Creative Strategies, and Research and Development - together with one of two elective modules and an appropriate Major Project.
•Creative Strategies is shared by all four MA courses. This module explores methodologies and strategies for generating contemporary and cross-art-form work, sonic art and musical composition, and social sculpture and related expanded art practices. You are encouraged to become aware of your working process as a creative practitioner and to understand the influence that certain methodologies and strategies have on the kind of work that you do. Through individual and collaborative practice-based work, staff-led seminars and feedback discussions, attention is focused on how we generate practice-based work. Strategies that encompass the intuitive, spontaneous, interventionist, discursive and analytical are employed, individually or in collaboration with others.
•Research and Development (taken by all MA students) provides the opportunity to identify an area of interest as a starting point for a process of investigation and speculation. You will develop project proposals through deliberate, rigorous and sustained research and exploration. The module emphasises practical research processes relevant to your concerns.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment:
Our teaching methods include:
•lectures and seminars
•team teaching in group seminars, involving research methodologies for practice-based research
•feedback from staff during group feedback sessions, in which staff provide constructive criticism and analysis of your work
•staff-led group discussions arising out of your practical work presentations
•individual tutorials that address your research concerns
•introductions to creative strategies for generating and making practice-based work
•introductions to the School of Arts technical facilities
•induction sessions with subject librarians.
The assessment methods include:
•practical presentations of resolved artworks
•written self-evaluations for each creative project
•a written research portfolio
•written assignments and reports
•a final presentation of practical work as part of the MA exhibition/event.