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Course Overview

This course intends to produce designers and artists who aspire to be at the forefront of this new discipline. The programme of study supports creative investigations enabling you to enter critical dialogue, contributing original insights to the world of beauty ideals; the grotesque, gender politics, creature design, and the changing face of body identity.

Based on our industry-standard make-up, hair, and prosthetics studios, you will work with both practice and theory and be presented with the principles of speculative and critical design for future bodies using make-up, hair, and prosthetics. Each scenario will allow you to explore the key themes of future-focused thinking surrounding the dynamics shaping the body of tomorrow. By showing alternative futures are possible, you will learn how to prototype and demonstrate complex design and application concepts.

You will explore and develop creative application skills to generate an enhanced research and design proposal through envisioning new futures.  Based on sub-cultures, cutting-edge experiences, speculative design projects, biotechnology, and even science fiction, your outcomes can materialise through studies, magazines, artifacts, film, digital and online platforms, objects, and performances – culminating at an end of year postgraduate showcase.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

An honours degree at 2:2 or higher. 

  • Applicants will be required to submit a digital mini-portfolio providing evidence of artistic aptitude and potential; this will form an important part of the selection process.
  • If you do not meet the academic entry requirements, we may still consider your application on the basis of your portfolio and/or relevant professional experience.

English Language Requirements:

Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are:

  • IELTS minimum 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in reading, listening and speaking
  • TOEFL IBT 92 with a minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 19 in reading, listening and speaking
  • Duolingo English Language Test - 110 overall with a minimum 90 in each component
  • or equivalent.

Qualifications are checked before enrolment, and international students must bring their original certificates or certified copies when coming to study at the University.

The University also offers a pre-sessional English programme for international students who wish to improve their level of English before starting a degree course.

Fees

UK and EU full-time fees: £7600 per year

International full-time fees: £13700 per year

UK and Channel Island part-time fees: £3800 per year

International and EU part-time fees: Students from outside the UK are usually unable to obtain a visa for part-time study.

Optional costs:
Make-up hair or special effects materials: £600


This information was accurate on : 24/03/2021
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