Postgraduate Study Guide 2012 - University College Falmouth

people and businesses to ensure the
UK creative media industries maintain
their world-class position. Falmouth is a
member of the Skillset Media Academy
Network – an elite UK-wide group of
universities identified as centres of
excellence in the design and delivery
of practice-based media education
and training – building on strong
partnerships that UCF already has with
broadcasters, training organisations
and media production companies.
www.skillset.org
New courses are being developed over
the coming year; see the latest news
and course list at www.falmouth.ac.uk
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The fast-paced
developments in
technology, the
internationalisation
of markets, new ways
of communicating
and doing business
all mean that the way
we work is constantly
changing. Professionals
in all fields need to keep
up to date with skills,
practice and new ways
of thinking if they’re to
remain competitive and
maximise career choices.”
ChRIStInA bunCe
Head of Continuing Professional
Development
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Our courses are designed in response to today’s rapidly
evolving industries and tougher business climate –
locally, nationally and internationally. There will be
options to study at undergraduate and postgraduate
level on full degrees or freestanding modules.
Alongside the MFA and Creative MBA outlined
below, options for 2012 will include:
— Fully online BA(Hons) Journalism and BA(Hons) Visual Communications
Design degrees
— Short, on-campus courses designed to meet the needs of Cornish-based
businesses and freelance workers
— Bespoke modules tailored to employers’ requirements
Creative MbA
This groundbreaking new course
gives you the opportunity to be at
the forefront of the best creative
and critical thinking in business.
Using our unrivalled specialist
facilities and our extensive network
– including the best brains in the
global creative industries - this
premium Creative MBA aims to help
senior professionals from all sectors
harness the power of creative
thinking and practices to develop a
fresh approach to management.
Using a combination of intensive
residential modules, a sophisticated
Virtual Learning Environment and
distance learning, you’ll be taught by
leaders in their fields including design
thinkers, media innovators and
leading entrepreneurs.
www.falmouth.ac.uk/creativemba
MFA
Falmouth’s Master of Fine Arts
(MFA) offers an innovative and
flexible programme of study for
art and design professionals from a
wide range of backgrounds, as well
as those whose strengths lie within
social science and theoretical areas.
The MFA encourages engagement
with a variety of fields including arts
education, cultural policy, gallery
and curatorial studies and business
and enterprise.
Benefitting from UCF’s broad
range of facilities, the MFA provides
a unique opportunity for collaboration
with other disciplines and Schools.
It emphasises self-directed study
supported by supervised studio
practice, workshops, seminars and
critiques, plus online delivery.
www.falmouth.ac.uk/mfa
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