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Course overview
This Combined Arts online degree gives you the opportunity to explore a wide range of creative disciplines, following your ambition and passion while developing your own creative voice and growing a wide range of transferrable skills.
This Integrated Master’s model combines undergraduate and postgraduate study in one efficient, effective degree which will give you a strong creative theoretical background, as well as creative space to explore your own independent research and projects.
Studied 100% online and in a way that works for you, the Combined Arts courses bring expertise from across the creative disciplines; design, writing, illustration, visual communication, and fine art. You will choose one of two courses – Combined Arts: Creativity, or Combined Arts: Design Fundamentals – and through these courses, you will focus on in-demand skills aligned with future careers. With a focus on problem-based learning, you’ll grow as an engaged and innovative creative who can apply your knowledge to real-world problems.
Job outcomes
- Arts officer, producer or director
- Graphic or multimedia designer
- Photographic, audio-visual and broadcast
- Creative brand and project management
- Design technician
- Fine artist
- Further academic study and research
What you'll learn
Integrated Master's Combined Arts: Creativity
The Combined Arts: Creativity course focuses on the ability to generate new ideas, solutions, or approaches by using imagination, critical thinking and other essential creative skills.
On this course, your practice could involve various skills, including visual communication, content creation, storyboarding, copywriting, prototyping, art direction, and creative writing. It can also include technical skills linked with a chosen medium, such as understanding photography or video techniques.
While the definition of creativity has evolved and, in some cases, may be industry specific, there are conserved core components of creativity that this course will explore. Through your approach to your PBL cases, your artistic, interdisciplinary skills will intertwine and build on one another, creating a robust foundation for creativity in various personal and professional contexts. Empathy - particularly cognitive empathy - has been linked to increased creative activity, and some PBL cases will explore those aspects that link creativity to wellbeing.
Integrated Master's Combined Arts: Design Fundamentals
The Combined Arts: Design Fundamentals course allows you to better understand the core theory of several key design principles, explored through your own research and your response to problem-based learning (PBL). This may include concepts such as balance (symmetrical and asymmetrical), contrast, emphasis, hierarchy, repetition, pattern, white space, movement, variety, unity and proportion.
Your PBL cases will explore designing for specific mediums, to understand the nuances of print design (paper types, colour profiles, printing processes), web design (responsive design, accessibility), and other mediums like animation or motion graphics.
A key aspect of your PBL cases will involve various modes of visual communication and your investigations like to the cases will explore areas such as branding and identity, idea generation and user research etc. On this course, you will delve into a range of theories underpinning core design concepts encompassing a blend of technical, creative problem-solving, communication, and understanding of user-centric needs to produce impactful and effective designs which will include aspects of quality evaluation.
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
- Virtual
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Duration study load
3 Years
The accelerated pace of our online courses offers both academic challenge and the opportunity to enter the workplace with a postgraduate qualification ahead of your peers, with the flexibility to focus on areas of the creative industries that matter to you and your future career ambitions.
Delivery
Online
Entry requirements
We consider all applications on their own individual merit and potential.
We invite all applicants to an online interview to give them the opportunity to demonstrate this along with what inspires and motivates them in their field. We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you've specialised in STEM, the arts or humanities.
Who we're looking for
This course is delivered in an accelerated model, which means you earn your degree faster, as there are fewer breaks in the academic year. This an intensive learning model, focusing on the development of in-demand skills more quickly than a traditional full-time equivalent course. This means students will need to be committed to the programme, and the mode of study – including studying over the summer.
If you have any questions about how this course works and whether it may be suitable for you, please chat with one of our friendly course advisors.
Course entry requirements
You enter this programme at a BA degree level, requiring: minimum 96 UCAS Tariff points
Check how many points your qualifications are worth
Applying without UCAS points
We'll welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges), or learning from work experience or self-study.
This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning, and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications.
Course features
Why study this course at Falmouth?
Simplicity and flexibility: The Combined Arts Integrated Master’s courses offer a flexible and personalised learning experience, allowing you to shape your own academic journey and build your study around your life
Broad creative arts and design basics curriculum: You'll gain a breadth of creative and critical skills from across a range of arts disciplines, enhancing your employability.
Problem-based curriculum design: With an emphasis on creativity and problem-solving, you’ll be equipped to approach real-world challenges in both life and work.
Interdisciplinary approach: This course cultivates the ability to tackle complex problems by integrating diverse academic perspectives.
A connected community: Join a global community of diverse practitioners and make career-defining connections.
Resources and support
Dedicated easy-to-use virtual learning environment (VLE)
Accessible online audio / visual content
A Student Advisor to support you throughout your studies and access to our Student Support Services
Access to our Employability Service
24/7 access to Falmouth's extensive online library of contextual books, journals and resources
Access to online software tutorials at LinkedIn Learning
Students' Union community
Optional in-person events
Invitation to attend alumni events
Assessment
100% of your assessment will be coursework. There are no exams on this course.
Assessment methods may include:
Videos, presentations, visual work and written assignments
In the final year of your undergraduate studies, you’ll complete a supervised Final Major Project as a reflection of your first two years of learning
In the final year of your postgraduate studies, you’ll complete a Final Major Project at master’s level, drawing on your combined specialisms
About Falmouth University
Level up your career with a transformational online degree from Falmouth University.
With over a century of art school history behind us, creativity is the foundation of everything we do. But we’re always pushing forward, fusing creativity with technology to forge new disciplines and invent the industries of tomorrow.
All online courses are studied 100% remotely, enabling you to achieve your creative ambitions at a time and place that suits you.
Studying online at Falmouth University means you can:
Join our global community of creatives defining the future.
Study with a platform developed by award-winning learning designers - and with the same expert standard of teaching as our on-campus degrees.
Get taught by successful industry professionals and inspiring guest lecturers.
You can work while studying online
The design of our online degrees at Falmouth means you can access your course content anytime, anywhere. You can also study part-time, making it possible for you to study while working. All recorded learning content can be replayed at any time, so it can fit around work or lifestyle commitments.
Get supportive, rigorous degree-level teaching online
Studying online is the ideal option for those looking for flexibility while elevating their creative career prospects. Our online degrees have all been designed from the outset to be taught and learned online. This means that they're crafted specifically for you to study remotely.
Through a combination of recorded learning content, learning activities, tutorials, and collaborative work, you'll be encouraged to push your limits, explore your creativity, and develop professional skills and expertise that make you ready for industry.
Creative collaboration
Here at Falmouth, we encourage open innovation throughout your online studies. This might mean participating in stimulating discussions with your fellow students or working together on projects to develop your teamwork skills.
It'll give you the chance to push each other's creative boundaries and connect with your global learning community.
In-person events
We offer optional in-person events for our online students that usually happen twice a year. They're great opportunities to meet your peers and tutors and to explore course-related topics through additional activities and discussions.
You'll hear from industry experts, offering professional contexts for your learning and a deeper insight into your chosen industry.
