Graduate Diploma in Creative Practice
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 9,000 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** home full-time: £9,000 | international full-time: £17,000
Introduction
Why choose this course?
This course is ideal if you already have a bachelor's degree and wish to progress onto one of Kingston School of Art's practice-based MA courses.
The outcome is to build a strong portfolio of relevant project work which will demonstrate you're developing intellectual and practical strengths.
Projects are designed to help you develop creative and flexible thinking, sound technical skills and an understanding of the need for a variety of approaches to any given subject or brief.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This stand-alone, credit-bearing course will prepare you for postgraduate study. Content is tailored to the subject you wish to pursue.
- Kingston University was ranked in the top 10 in the UK for design and crafts in The Guardian University Guide league table 2022.
- You will work on live projects, develop creative and flexible thinking, and sound technical skills and consider a variety of approaches to any subject or brief.
Course pathways
This course offers four pathways to choose from. Each will prepare you for further study in the relevant discipline.
- Fashion
- Graphic Design
- Interior & Product Design
- Illustration
Gallery
Admissions
Curriculum
What you will study
The learning experience of this course will be tailored to your subject area (which you should indicate when you apply) by the relevant postgraduate course teams. You can choose pathways from Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration and Interior & Product Design.
You will work within your subject-specific course peer group and alongside other postgraduate students, building up a strong portfolio of relevant project work that clearly demonstrates your creative strengths. Projects are designed to help you develop creative and flexible thinking, sound technical skills, and an understanding of the need for a variety of approaches to any given subject or brief.
You'll be expected to complete two 30-credit modules and one 60-credit module, totalling 120 credits. These modules run sequentially in teaching blocks 1 and 2 and are underpinned by a learning agreement specific to your course subject area.
Modules
This course provides the opportunity to develop your creative practice within the supportive context of a peer group and throughout your studies, you'll develop your own reflective practice and confident creativity.
You will be guaranteed to progress from the Graduate Diploma to the MA identified in your Learning Agreement on the condition that you pass the programme with merit or distinction. All other students who pass the Graduate Diploma programme will be considered for the MA programme of their choice.
It is a condition of entry to all our MA courses that students meet the necessary language qualifications.
Core modules
- Global Context
- Discipline and Autonomy
- Creative Practice 2
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
After you graduate
After completing this course, graduates have gone on to work in design offices, publishing houses, interactive media, film and television companies, fashion houses and advertising agencies worldwide.