MA Media & Electronic Arts

Masters of Arts in Media and Electronic Arts - (Subject to approval)

Master of Arts - Media & electronic Arts This Masters (subject to approval) will be run by the Department of Humanities and the Department of Electronic Engineering in partnership with RUA RED Arts Centre. Graduates from a wide variety of disciplines, including but not limited to communications and media, architecture, art and design, computer science and engineering are encouraged to apply.

The converging disciplinary space between engineering, media and art has become a significant arena for interdisciplinary practice, education and employment opportunities. This Masters programmes focuses on existing and emerging technologies and creative practice in media and electronic arts.

Programme Structure
This Masters programme will run part-time over two years, with an exit point after one year for those wishing to qualify for a Post Graduate Diploma. It will have a significant online component, carefully supervised to offer the highest standard of education in a way that’s tailored to each individual student’s prior experience and current requirements. A combination of laboratory work, supervised online tutorials and blended practice workshops and seminars will be used in delivering the course content. Modules will cover areas such as Physical Computing, 360 Video, Digital Imaging, 3D Design and Printing, Internet of Things, and VFX.

Programme Philosophy
This programme is deeply committed to moving beyond the more usual mosaic approach, which tends to maintain soft boundaries around disciplinary areas. Our aim is to offer a more fully collaborative, blended research experience, integrating the language and tools of electronics with those of media arts.The challenges and complexities of the contemporary world call for the ability to straddle multiple disciplines in order to build new knowledge and generate critical insights into our changing technologized environments. This programme offers an antidisciplinary space for synthesising the knowledge, skills and educational philosophies from traditionally disparate areas in order to facilitate innovation in both practice and thinking.