Teaching
You are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, individual and group tutorials, critique sessions, oral and written presentations, and external visits.
On the Blended Delivery MFA the division of learning hours, on-site and online periods breaks down as follows:
- Three one-week, on-site blocks each term (10 per year including induction week)
- Online delivery
- Independent study
On each of the Blended Delivery MFA study blocks you will have around 11-12 contact hours per week, typically consisting of:
- 2 hours of lectures
- 1 hour of seminars
- 2 hours of one-to-one/group tutorials
- 1-2 hours of critique sessions
- 4 hours of practical workshops
- 1 hour of external visits (on average)
Independent learning
When not attending lectures, seminars, workshops or other timetabled sessions you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-directed study. Typically, this will involve:
- working in your own studio (or the on-site studio during study blocks)
- developing supporting material and research portfolios
- undertaking research in the library
- reading journal articles and books
- working on specific unit assignments
- preparing presentations and self-assessments.
Overall workload
33% of your time is spent in scheduled teaching and learning activity
Scheduled teaching and learning: 785 hours
Independent learning: 1615 hours
International study trips
The College continues to monitor travel advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with regards to any international travel. At this time, all international travel which includes study trips will be subject to agreement by the College.
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