AUT - Master of Art and Design

(incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma in Art and Design)

Programme Code: Master of Art & Design AK3483, Postgraduate Diploma in Art & Design AK1298
Level: Master - 9, Diploma - 8
Points: Master -240, Diploma - 120
Duration: Master - Two years full time / Maximum five years part time, Diploma - One year full time / Two years part time
Venue: Master - City Campus / Off campus, Diploma - City Campus
Starting date: 1 March 2010 for both
Application deadline: 1 December 2009 for both

AUT encourages early application.
Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Guidelines to entry
• Portfolio of art work
• Interview may be required

The Master of Art and Design is an interdisciplinary,modular research degree for art and design graduates and creative professionals. The degree is highly flexible, enabling students from a variety of backgrounds to extend and develop their area of interest. Specialist areas include:

• Digital Design (animation, moving image, gaming, web, post production and film)
• Fashion (knit, print, textile, fashion and costume design)
• Graphics (typography, illustration, animation and short film, photography and graphic novel)
• Product Design (product and furniture)
• Spatial Design (interior, furniture, urbanism, performance, installation, moving image, digital environments, exhibition design and spatial theory)
• Visual Arts (multimedia, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance)

The Master of Art and Design enables students to explore and develop a body of work at an advanced level. On-campus candidates enjoy dedicated individual studio spaces, specialist facilities with extended access hours, and library and learning centre facilities. Off-campus students have regular weekly online sessions, weekend residences in their geographic locations and in Auckland they also benefit from a flexible library delivery service.

Postgraduate Diploma In Art and Design

The postgraduate diploma brings together visual artists, spatial designers, graphic designers, fashion designers, filmmakers, curators, entrepreneurs, digital designers and product designers to expand their notions of art and design.

This qualification provides a strong platform of art and design research, enabling students to extend and develop their area of interest.

WHAT THESE QUALIFICATIONS COVER

The first year focuses on contextual, technological, methodological and interdisciplinary issues and practices. The course work completed in the first stage of the degree provides the basis for the development of independent research and thesis production in the second year.

THE THESIS

A thesis brings original thinking to bear on something that engages your personal or professional interest. Students may propose topics of an applied professional, technological or academic nature and will be required to make an original contribution to knowledge through the project in which they are engaged.

Research is a student-directed process, which is supported by supervisors and seminars.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Animation
• Architectural & interior design
• Curatorial practice
• Design
• Digital design
• Fashion design
• Film
• Fine arts
• Gaming
• Product design
• Research
• Teaching
• Television
• Web development

PAPERS

Master of Art and Design candidates must complete 240 points over the equivalent of two years of full time study. Students can study on or off campus. The programme is organised in two distinct stages. The first stage (Year One) is made up of programme work, with core papers focusing on contextual, technological, methodological and interdisciplinary issues and practices. The course work completed in the first stage of the programme provides the basis for the development of independent research and thesis production in stage two (Year Two).

This programme structure recognises that graduates begin the programme with diverse skills and experiences and with a thesis proposal that indicates a clear direction in the form of a problem, area or process they wish to investigate. Through the course work papers in the first stage, candidates develop their analytical, technical, methodological, contextual and expressive skills in relation to the stated thesis topic.

YEAR ONE
118111 Research Practice (Art and Design) 60 points
118112 Research Contexts and Methods (Art and Design) 60 points
Total points for the year 120 points

YEAR TWO
119003 Thesis 120 points