MRes Photography at University of Plymouth United Kingdom
Monday, March 9th, 2009Aim of the programme
MRes Photography provides an exciting opportunity for students to pursue an individual research project, which may be practice-based, historical, critical, curatorial or theoretical.
Programme highlights
High profile photography department; academic staff exhibit/publish individually and contribute within the Research Centre for Land/Water and the Visual Arts.
Facilities include a purpose built daylight studio; digital and analogue dark rooms.
Entry requirements
A 2:1 honours degree or above in Photography or a related subject; or an equivalent degree from overseas. Evidence that you are ready to pursue your proposed project. IELTS of 6.5 minimum or equivalent.
Duration
1 year full-time or two years part-time
Contact email
artsresearch@plymouth.ac.uk
Contact details
Research & Graduate Affairs
Faculty of Arts
Tel: +44 (0)1752 585030
General programme structure
We particularly welcome research proposals in the following areas: land and environment; camera-less photography; contemporary art practices; documentary and reportage; architectural photography; women’s photography. The programme engages current ideas and debates, skills and methodologies for research into or through photography.
The programme comprises three assessed modules:
Photography, the practice of research, shared with the taught Masters programmes in photography (30 credits)
Research in the Arts and Humanities (30 credits)
A masters thesis or approved research project (120 credits)
The project/thesis may be assessed entirely through written work, or through a substantial practical project accompanied by an extended contextual essay.
Full-time students take Photography, the practice of research in term one, Research in the Arts and Humanities in terms one and two, and their project/thesis across the whole academic year.
Part-time students take the two taught modules in year one and carry out their project/thesis in year two.
The project/thesis is taught via one-to-one supervision during term time and through contact by arrangement up to final submission in September.
Students are also encouraged to attend research seminars in a wide variety of arts disciplines, and the faculty-wide training events.
Detailed programme structure
We will help you to ground your chosen project in the latest theoretical and conceptual approaches in photography studies and beyond. This programme explicitly embeds research skills to prepare graduates for MPhil/PhD programmes.
Teaching and learning will take place through one-to-one meetings/tutorials; group seminars, discussions and workshops; staff/student research seminars; lectures/presentations by staff and visiting practitioners/academics; written feedback;