2010 Postgraduate Prospectus - University College Falmouth

Di�ance learn�g
There are currently three MA courses
offering a distance learning approach:
MA Professional Writing, MA Garden &
Landscape Design and MA Art & Design
Histories & Theories.
The Professional Writing course is part-time,
run over a two-year period and aimed at those
needing to study from home via the internet and
online resources. “We think the combination
of flexibility, commercial focus and input from
leading industry practitioners makes this
unique among writing courses in the UK,” says
course leader Christina Bunce. “The online
course is just as challenging, and uses the same
successful model for developing writing skills
and professional knowledge. But being able to
spread the work over two years, and to do it in
their own time at home, makes it much more
feasible for many people.”
The course has been carefully designed to
ensure that students studying from home still
feel fully engaged, using websites and forums to
create an online community, while the teaching
takes place using a combination of online
seminars, Skype tutorials and video-streamed
talks from a host of leading professionals.
“I was thrilled to discover that a part-time option
existed for the Professional Writing MA,” says
current student, Kelly Stevens. “I have two
children, aged two and six, as well as a part-time
job, so I knew the full-time version wasn’t going
to work for me."
University College Falmouth / 2010 Postgraduate Prospectus
The MA Garden & Landscape Design by blended
learning is also a part-time, two-year course
designed for existing professionals who wish to
continue working but want to build on their areas
of specialism and explore new markets. Using a
combination of distance learning via an online
virtual studio and residential study blocks in
Falmouth (or strategically located study centres
across the UK), the course is another example
of Falmouth’s commitment to providing flexible
study options.
MA Art & Design Histories & Theories has
been developed from Falmouth’s renowned
part-time MA 20th Century Art & Design:
Histories & Theories. Now available over two
years as a part-time, blended learning course,
this MA offers a unique opportunity to study
the histories of art and design at a high level.
Delivered through three one-week residential
study blocks, and eight distance learning study
blocks, the course is supported by its own
Virtual Learning Environment which makes it
easy to take part in seminars, workshops, guest
lectures and generally keep in touch with staff
and fellow students, whilst working in your own
time from home.
“Undertaking the MA as a distance learning student has given me everything I hoped
for: a network of writers to be friends with and learn from, a flexible timetable (so I
can listen to a lecture and study when it suits me), and tutors who really know their
craft. Most of all, it’s given me the confidence I needed to take my writing seriously.”
Kelly Stevens, MA Professional Writing Student