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MA - Master of Arts
Kedleston Road Campus
Full Time
20-JAN-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Kedleston Road Campus
Full time
20-JAN-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Kedleston Road Campus
Part time
20-JAN-25
2 years
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This innovative MA, taught by industry experts, offers you the chance to break into the dynamic and competitive publishing industry.
Course description
Careers
The MA Publishing will equip you with a broad range of skills, a critical awareness of the whole industry, a high degree of flexibility and an enterprising mindset. It will prepare you for careers with major publishing houses or the growing number of small publishers, including the thousands of ‘micro-publishers’, which exist within the UK. You could also consider becoming self-employed or setting up your own publishing company. There are opportunities, too, to work in publishing roles within charitable organisations, government bodies and cultural organisations such as galleries and museums. Much of the knowledge and many of the skills you will attain on this MA are highly transferable. The course is a perfect springboard for a wide range of professional careers such as magazine publishing, librarianship, bookselling, PR, communications, or illustration and web design.
The course is made up of three stages – Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and MA.
The entry requirement to this programme is a good honours degree (1st or 2:1) in any subject, or its international equivalent. Applications may be considered if you have a 2:2 honours degree and can demonstrate significant publishing or related industry experience or aptitude. Examples might include a period of work at an appropriate level within publishing or a related industry, or a portfolio of work or achievements in a related discipline such as, for example, English, Business, Law, Graphic Design, etc.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,450 per year
Students from Domestic
£9,450 for the full course
£14,900 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£14,900 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.