MA Graphic Communication Design

MA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins is a course distinguished by its pursuit of critically engaged and rigorous practice which integrates graphic communication design and traditional academic research. An important aim of the course is to facilitate the formation of communities around a dynamic and evolving subject field. We recognise that our challenge—and opportunity—is to engage students and staff collaboratively in the continual co-creation of our subject field. Together, we interrogate existing forms of knowledge as well as shape new ones.ng subject field. We recognize that our challenge—and opportunity—is to engage students and staff collaboratively and inclusively in the continual co-creation of our subject field, together interrogating existing forms of knowledge as well as shaping new forms.

Course structure
The course is delivered over two three-term academic years.

Unit One: Graphic Communication Design as Research
Explore ways of thinking and making that position graphic communication design as an open-ended, systematic, and critical research method by responding to a variety of tutor-led and self-initiated briefs.

Unit Two: Situated Practice in Graphic Communication Design
Identify and articulate your own position in relation to existing knowledge, using graphic communication design to frame a specific open-ended question that you explore through writing and through rigorous, systematic studio practice.

Unit Three: Graphic Communication Design Project
Critically interrogate the means of production and deploy formal skills to expand and deepen your ongoing research, engage audiences and publics in your work, and lay the foundation for an iterative practice that extends beyond the course.

More detailed information about the course structure is available at arts.ac.uk/csm.

Applicants
Applicants are welcome from within the fields of graphic and communication design, as well as from other academic backgrounds (humanities, social sciences, engineering, etc.).

When to apply
We recommend that you apply by May 1 2020 for equal consideration. However, we will also consider applications submitted after that date if places are still available. Your application will only be considered after you have successfully completed an online application, submitted the required documents and a digital portfolio.

Note to applicants from the US
University of the Arts London participates in US federal student aid programs, so US applicants may be eligible for federal loans to help cover the cost of study.

Start date
September 2020

Course length
2 years extended full-time (60 weeks)
Devised in collaboration with students, extended full-time is a study mode which sits between full-time and part-time. It allows students to maintain a balance between the competing demands of contemporary life and the pace of postgraduate study in an arts and design college.