Maestría en Arte y Tecnologías Emergentes

Jornada de puertas abiertas de pregrado 19 de octubre de 2024/ Tarde de puertas abiertas de posgrado 2 de octubre de 2024

This course is part of a suite of MA art courses which include the Expanded Photography MA and the Global Contemporary Art MA. You’ll tailor your learning through a set of shared optional modules that address contemporary challenges, advanced digital approaches, and specialized professional contexts. You’ll also undertake the year-long Professional Practice module, which aims to support your progression beyond graduation, and the Master's Project module with students from the other MA art courses, thus benefiting from collaborative opportunities and cross-disciplinary learning.

Core modules investigate the mediation, augmentation, and transformation of our environments through emerging technologies. You will consider ecologies of consumption, the environment, contexts, technologies, and sustainability, and the role of the artist as innovator, provocateur, and agent.

The following subjects are indicative of what you will study in this course.

Core Modules

• Ecologies and Technologies
• Emerging Media Realties
• MA Arts – Master's Project
• MA Arts – Professional Practice in The Creative Industries

Option Modules

• Curatorial and Social Practices
• Future Archives
• Global Arts and Sustainable Futures
• Image Futures
• Interactive Art and Storytelling
• Virtual Photography

This course will equip you with a wide range of skills suited to employment in the Digital and Creative Industries or Cultural sectors. Through the pool of options, you’ll be able to tailor your expertise to prepare you for a diverse range of related careers in the arts and creative industries. These might include careers as independent creative artists, creative technologists, and entrepreneurs. You’ll also be equipped for roles that involve curation in museums and galleries, arts management, policy-making, and advocacy within the culture. Graduates will be well-prepared to work across creative, scientific, and technological industries, pursue further academic study, or teach at secondary, further, and higher education levels.

Industry Knowledge

You’ll be taught by a teaching team with a wide range of experience both in industry and academia, as well as working closely with an international body of artists, researchers, and students.

Professional Development

A year-long Professional Practice module puts professional development at the core of your journey. You will be supported by mentors, industry experts, and your tutors to develop a personal career plan according to your own interests and professional goals.

3.000 empleadores en todo el mundo

The University’s Careers and Employability Service has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers.

Industry Links

We aim to meet the demands of the creative industries by equipping artists with the essential digital skills and expertise working with emerging technologies, required for professional practices that bridge the realms of art, architecture, and design.

Our engagement with industry supports the evolution of our curriculum to ensure the ongoing relevance of the course and employable graduates for future creative industries. Industry specialists may attend critique sessions, offer mentoring or placements, and help to advise students on their personal and professional development.

Job Roles

The range of potential careers is very broad depending upon your area of practice, but this course will prepare you for potential roles in a range of present and future industries within the creative industries, policy, public and third sectors and education, including:

• Arts administration and advocacy
• Audio and video production
• Collection management and archives
• Creative computing
• Digital art and installation
• Digital arts practice
• Digital curation
• Education, academia and research
• Exhibition curation and production
• Experimental film
• Immersive filmmaking
• Independent arts practice
• Interactive and immersive storytelling
• Interactive cinema and documentary
• Motion graphics
• Museums and galleries
• Projection mapping and interaction design for live events
• Public policy

Westminster Employability Award

Employers value graduates who have invested in their personal and professional development – and our Westminster Employability Award gives you the chance to formally document and demonstrate these activities and achievements.

The award is flexible and can be completed in your own time, allowing you to choose from a set of extracurricular activities.

Activities might include gaining experience through a part-time job or placement, signing up to a University-run scheme – such as mentoring or teaching in a school – or completing online exercises.

Course Location

Harrow is our creative and cultural hub, home to most of our arts, media and digital courses. It houses state-of-the-art facilities for every discipline, including project and gallery spaces, film studios, creative labs, collaborative learning spaces, and the Westminster Enterprise Network.

Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, just 20 minutes from the city centre by train.