Ma Socially Engaged Arts Practice

The Socially Engaged Arts Practice course at the University of Salford aims to support the development of students as socially engaged artists. This course takes a project-led, experiential, and live brief approach to the learning and teaching, thereby combining theory and practice through project-based socially engaged activities. Course Content: This postgraduate course offers various study modules that meet the needs of contemporary artistic and educational practice, offering a combination of practice and theory. Students have the opportunity to work collaboratively and individually in a creative environment that is both challenging and supportive, involving clients, settings, and/or participants in the making and presenting of their work.Key Modules: The course features distinct modules including Placement and work-related learning, Socially Engaged Arts Project, Approaches to Critical Art Practice, Creative Collaborations, and Research Methods. The course also includes an optional 60-credit dissertation module.Future Careers: On successful completion of this course, students may pursue several career paths. Graduates may work in socially engaged arts practice settings like arts, health, urban planning, corporate businesses, education, social services, criminal justice system, international aid/development, and local, regional and national governments, amongst others.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.