MA Interior and Spatial Design

What will I study?

At the heart of the course is the focus on your personal interests and priorities; we advocate and teach independent researching skills so that you can apply this learning in your own context and in line with your own, or your organisations goals. 

This course is about progressing existing and creating a new generation of designers who specialise in the design for the most pressing issues of the 21st century. The unique online curriculum combines theory and practical tasks that focus on key elements of research in sustainable reuse and understanding its environmental, societal, economic, and functional implications and developing strategies that account for the importance of social and ecological responsibility. 

The part-time MA offers you the opportunity to rethink the existing building stock and redefine new purposes and ways of using the urban fabric. You will analyse various case studies and look at the project's impact on the environment and will develop an understanding of technical processes such as construction, material sourcing and adaptive reuse to make a creative proposal for their project.

During your time on the course, you’ll establish a clear aesthetic, theoretical and technological approach to adaptive reuse that properly equips you to engage in design practice.

Through various modules your lecturers will provide you with current insight into the subject area, helping you refine your new skills, methods and knowledge to become critically engaged with your chosen subject area. During your time on the course, you’ll establish a clear aesthetic, theoretical and technological approach to adaptive reuse that properly equips you to engage in design practice.

You’ll conduct independent research investigations on a selected topic of interest and take responsibility for managing time, plus develop knowledge and connections within the field of interior and spatial design. You will be expected to produce projects based on your own research evidence, developed, and explained visually and via referenced text.

At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to produce a focused Research Dissertation, throughout this you will receive one on one support with an allocated supervisor.

How will I be taught and assessed?

During your time on the part-time postgraduate Interior and Spatial Design degree, you’ll take part in virtual scenario-based exercises, supported by up-to-date material that provide complex and challenging content to stretch capabilities in a supportive learning environment.

Module materials will be available on the course’s virtual learning site and module briefs will be given and explained with core information as a guide to research areas. It will be your responsibility to ensure your equipment and software installation is adequate for home use. Verbal presentation will be required, so webcam facilities should also be installed.

During the MA degree, you will also be guided through the following activities: 

• Collaborative online research skills
• Essay writing to academic standards
• Portfolio making
• Presentation and communication skills
• Concept design
• Specification and development
• Independent Study towards projects and assignments
• Interactive online lectures and seminars where learners can participate and understand the nature of applying critical and creative skills and working in the industry.

How will I be taught and assessed?

Our novel approach to teaching, with online delivery and a virtual classroom capability, helps our students make the most of their time, giving them the freedom to manage work life responsibilities. Students take part in virtual scenario-based exercises, supported by up-to-date material that provide complex and challenging content to stretch capabilities in a supportive learning environment.

Module materials will be available on the course’s virtual learning site and module briefs will be given and explained with core information as a guide to research areas. It will be your responsibility to ensure your equipment and software installation is adequate for home use. Verbal presentation will be required, so webcam facilities should also be installed.

During the MA degree, you will also be guided through the following activities: 

• Collaborative online research skills
• Essay writing to academic standards
• Portfolio making
• Presentation and communication skills
• Concept design
• Specification and development
• Independent Study towards projects and assignments
• Interactive online lectures and seminars where learners can participate and understand the nature of applying critical and creative skills and working in the industry.