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Postgraduate

MA/MSc Computing and Creative Industry (Modular)

Students working in the teaching spaces at UAL Creative Computing Institute
Students working in the teaching spaces at CCI, 2019, UAL Creative Computing Institute © Ana Escobar
College
UAL Creative Computing Institute Start date
October 2024 Course length
1 year 3 months full time (45 weeks across a four-term model)

We are no longer accepting applications from students for 2023/24 entry to this course. Applications for 2024/25 entry will open in Autumn 2023.

MA/MSc Computing and Creative Industry allows you to build your own postgraduate degree from units across our postgraduate courses at UAL Creative Computing Institute.

Why choose this course at UAL Creative Computing Institute

  • Modular Study: On this course you can build their experience from units of study from the following courses MSc Creative Computing, MSc Data Science and AI in the Creative Industries and MA Internet Equalities. This allows you to access CCI expertise in a mix that supports your aspirations.
  • Critical engagement with technology: engagement with creative practice will also build your ability to self-reflect and think critically about your role in shaping the world
  • Institute Environment:  you will have access to purpose-built facilities and technical support, and exposure to creative computing research

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Course overview

MA/MSc Computing and Creative Industry (Modular) represents an exciting opportunity to study with the CCI’s world renowned creative computing academics across a range of specialisms unique to the CCI. The course is a modular programme that enables you to study units from across the Creative Computing Institute (CCI) post graduate courses in a combination that suits you. For example, units available with this course come from MSc Creative Computing, MSc Data Science and the Creative Industries and MA Internet Equalities. This means you are able select that specific areas of study that interest you and tailor your post graduate experience at the CCI to support your career aspirations.

The title of this award reflects that the three core areas of Creativity, Computing and Industry are available to you to choose to study within the units on offer and we codify these as:

  • Creativity: How to ideate, develop concepts into prototypes, work with creative research methods and apply critical cultural understanding.
  • Computing: Skills in creative computing platforms and coding languages and the critical discourse of computing and society.
  • Industry: Applied creative computing in contexts, creative management and leadership, enterprise and employability.

With the ability to select units of study across this range you are able to take account of your individual level technical ability, desire for critical engagement and your intended graduate path.

Further benefits of the course include; the ability to study with a range of peers on different CCI courses, access to dedicated CCI specialist course facilities and technical staff, access to a broad range of CCI academic across specialist subject areas. Students on this course will also join a vibrant leaning community where creative technology, discourse and practice are shared in our CCI online communities giving access to CCI research staff, technical support and our vibrant open events programme some of which you can see on our YouTube channel.

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Course units

Term One

60 credits from the following:

  • Creative Making: Advanced Physical Computing (20 Credits)
  • Critical Studies: Computational Thinking and Creative Practice (20 Credits)
  • Coding One: Advanced Creative Coding (20 Credits)
  • STEM for Creatives (20 Credits)
  • Natural Language Processing for the Creative Industries (20 Credits)
  • Intersectional Internets (20 credits)
  • Methods for Equitable Technology Development (20 credits)
  • Feminist Coding Practices (20 credits)

Term Two

40/60 credits from the following:

  • Coding Two: Advanced Frameworks (20 Credits)    
  • Critical Studies: Computational Thinking and Creative Practice (20 Credits)     [continued only]
  • Creative Making: Advanced Visualisation and Computational Environments (40 Credits)    
  • Introduction to Data Science (20 Credits)    
  • Artificial Intelligence for Media  (20 Credits)    
  • Computational Inequalities (20 Credits)            
  • Designing for Responsible Innovation (20 Credits)            
  • Human Rights and Computation (20 Credits)          

Term Three

40/60 credits from the following:

  • Platform Potentials (20 Credits)    
  • Coding Three: Exploring Machine Intelligence (20 Credits)
  • Creative Making: Advanced Visualisation and Computational Environments (40 Credits) [continued only]
  • Data Science in the Creative Industries (20 Credits)
  • Personalisation and Machine Learning (20 Credits)
  • Human Rights and Computation (20 Credits) [continued only]     

Term Four

40/60 credits from the following:

  • MA Advanced Project (60 Credits)
  • MSc Advanced Project (40 Credits)

Learning and teaching methods

The learning and teaching methods for the course are inherited from the contributing courses, and to enable students to demonstrate achievement against the unit learning outcomes, learning and teaching methods will include:

  • Project work
  • Peer learning and knowledge exchange
  • Collaborative problem-solving and group work
  • Studio/lab-based practice and masterclasses
  • Industry visits and guest critiques
  • Lectures and seminars 
  • Online Synchronous live sessions
  • Online Asynchronous pre-recorded sessions
  • Flipped classroom approaches.
  • Reading groups

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Fees and funding

Home fee

£12,700 for in-person mode

This fee is correct for 2023/24 entry and is subject to change for 2024/25 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Home fees are currently charged to UK nationals and UK residents who meet the rules. However, the rules are complex. Find out more about our tuition fees and determining your fee status.

International fee

£25,970 for in-person mode

This fee is correct for 2023/24 entry and is subject to change for 2024/25 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Home fees are currently charged to UK nationals and UK residents who meet the rules. However, the rules are complex. Find out more about our tuition fees and determining your fee status.

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Entry requirements

An applicant will normally be considered for admission if they have achieved an educational level equivalent to an honours degree in either the broad field of science and technology studies, computer science, data science, computing, a joint computer sciences and arts/humanities degree, or a closely related subject. Or, from a creative discipline with substantial computational practice.

  • Graphic Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Interactive Media Design
  • Web Design
  • Communication Design
  • Digital Design
  • Product Design

Educational level may be demonstrated by:

  • Honours degree (named above);
  • Possession of equivalent qualifications in a design-related or creative discipline;
  • Prior experiential learning, the outcome of which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required.
  • Your experience is assessed as a learning process and tutors will evaluate that experience for currency, validity, quality and sufficiency;

Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which, taken together, can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required.

Language requirements (International/EU)

If English is not your first language, IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required, with a minimum of 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking. For more details, please check our main English Language requirements webpage.

Selection criteria

Sufficient prior knowledge and experience of and/or potential in a specialist subject area to be able to successfully complete the programme of study and have an academic or professional background in a relevant subject.

Also, to show a willingness to work as a team player, good language skills in reading, writing and speaking, the ability to work independently and be self- motivated.

Critical knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject area and capacity for diverse research-led study at the intersection of technology, design, and ethics.

We welcome non-standard applications from diverse applicants and subject fields and applications that make a strong case for how the course could be applied to the ambitions of the applicant in the pursuit of more equitable technology.

After you apply

What happens next

Initial application check

We check your application to see if you meet the standard entry requirements for the course.  Your application will be considered by an Academic Reviewer who may decide to make you an offer or reject your application.

How we notify you of the outcome of your application

You will receive the outcome of your application through the UAL Portal.

Careers

Career paths

Depending on your unit choice graduates will be well placed to work in the following areas:

  • Technology Development
  • Technology Policy
  • Technology Research
  • Creative Critical Practice
  • Digital Product Development
  • Digital Project Management
  • User Research
  • Creative Technologist
  • Creative Developer
  • Web Developer
  • UX Developer
  • iOS App Developer
  • Software Developer
  • IoT / Smart Products Developer
  • Front – End Developer
  • Digital Strategist
  • Live Events Technologist
  • Technology Researcher
  • Machine Intelligence Developer
  • Broadcast Technologist
  • IT Specialist
  • Digital Project Manager
  • Digital Entrepreneur
  • Digital Creative
  • Interactive Designer

A proportion of graduates may also wish to pursue PhD study.

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Contact

Telephone

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UAL Creative Computing Institute
45–65 Peckham Road
London
SE5 8UF