The Master of Applied Arts (MAA) program offers a professional degree that prepares students to engage in the expanding fields of design, media and visual arts within the cultural and creative economies.
This 21-month full-time program delivers core curriculum that combines intensive theory and research seminars with rigorous studio classes where students are exposed to advanced exploration in their respective disciplines. The program admits a limited number of students each year to the three streams of the program - design, media and visual arts. Students learn to locate their own practices within broader fields of inquiry through writing projects, critiques of studio work, presentations and an internship.
Master students who work in a range of disciplines and come together from around the world and create a unique environment of interaction and exploration. They benefit from access to broad-based resources and extensive facilities in traditional and new technologies. A diverse and dedicated faculty, as well as a host of visiting artists and lecturers, support and encourage individual student research and production.
Students acquire a profound understanding of their own practices through ongoing presentation, analysis and critique. In addition, students complete an internship between the first and second year. The internship ensures that each student engages in relevant work or research that provides practical experience in a professional context.
At the end of the final semester, students produce an integrated thesis project comprised of a body of independent visual work and a thesis essay. A final exhibition presents their visual thesis projects to the public at large.
Contact masters@ecuad.ca for MAA program information
Emily Carr University will launch an international two-year, 25 month, graduate low residency program that leads to either an interdisciplinary Master of Applied Arts in visual and media arts or design. The program is intended to blend boundaries between applied and fine arts, traditional and new media, artists and scholars. Distinct from a regular full-time Master program, here students attend three intensive summer residencies and four semesters of study and research in their local communities.
The program is designed to accommodate art and design professionals working in the field, and graduates with studio arts, design or related degrees who wish to further develop their practices in a rigorous, inspiring educational context.
Early applications for the Low Residency Program are now being accepted for May 2010 . Application deadline is January 15, 2010.
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