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MA - Master of Arts
Teesside University
Full Time
JAN
2 years
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MA - Master of Arts
Teesside University
Full Time
JAN
2 years
MA - Master of Arts
Teesside University
Full Time
SEP-25
20 months
MA - Master of Arts
Teesside University
Full Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Our MA Comics and Graphic Novels covers specialist areas relevant to comics, graphic novels and manga. You focus on core drawing skills including regular life drawing classes and develop the cognitive and technical skills to equip you for enterprise, employment and further academic research.
Course overview
As a graduate, practising creator or mid-career professional, you can engage in reflective creative practice at an advanced level.
This course is distinctive in its focus on both the visual and textual elements of the comic medium, combining the development of an authorial voice with establishing a unique visual style.
You have access to industry standard technologies and excellent facilities including specialist drawing equipment such as Cintiq Wacom Tablets, software such as Adobe Creative Suite and ClipStudio as well as more traditional facilities such as wet-spaces, scanners, drawing tables and light boxes.
You will normally have a first degree (2.2 minimum) in any subject. You are expected to be a confident and independent learner with a good understanding of the design process, idea development and critical thinking. You are asked to present a portfolio of work or a completed project showing the development of your work from behind the scenes, or an ongoing project showing the progression and direction of your work.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,770 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£10,000 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£10,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.