Professional Certificate in Art and Design Research
This postgraduate qualification is offered to artists, designers, curators and others who want to develop high level research skills and expertise for careers in the arts.
Course Code - AD483PC-1
Dates - 11 Nov 2024 - 16 Dec 2024
Credits - 5 ECTS
NFQ Level - 9
A rich survey of current issues in art and design research designed to support creative practitioners.
This Professional Certificate has been designed for practicing artists and designers, research students who wish to develop methods of research that suit their practice needs. It can be taken with a current research project in mind or as approached as a rich tank of ideas that will fuel future practice.
Research encompasses a vital range of skills which can thoroughly invigorate artistic and design practice. In recent years many different research methods have been developed by artists and designers, often by drawing on the methods employed in other academic fields. Artists and designers have, for instance, turned to Ethnography or made use of techniques associated with Oral History.
Taught by expert researcher, Dr Lisa Godson, this course will introduce participants to a range of current methodologies both in terms of the practical methods they deploy as well as the philosophical and ethical issues that they raise.
What to Expect
In a series of workshops, you will be supported to understand different understandings of research and how to establish intellectual and practical relationships with other researchers in your field. You will develop a vocabulary for your own practice and learn how to shape a clearly defined research method.
Timetable
Duration: 6 x 3h classes – 11 November to 16 December 2024 inclusive. In person or Online.
Monday afternoons, 2-5pm
It is offered to both on-site learners and those who wish to participate remotely (via Zoom)
Seminars and workshops will be available to onsite and online learners in real time.
Educational Standard
All applicants are expected to present an approved Bachelor degree at minimum level of 2nd class honours (2.2)
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – Applicants who do not meet the minimum academic entry requirements for admission may be considered on the basis of a recognition of previous learning whether based on prior relevant experience or other relevant credited or non credited or learning (RPL). In such cases each applicant will be considered on a case-by-case basis based on a review of the applicant’s CV and other supporting documentation.
Please contact [email protected] for further information.
Qualifying Examination – In certain cases the academic team may choose to set a qualifying assignment in order to assess an applicant’s suitability for admission.
Candidates may be required to pass a qualifying examination set by the relevant department before being accepted to a Masters degree programme. Attendance at selected undergraduate lecture courses at NCAD, together with related written work may be prescribed.
You may apply for the programme if you are currently completing your Undergraduate Degree. NCAD will review the rest of your application If necessary, we can make you a Conditional Offer. When your degree is completed and you send us final transcripts we will upgrade this to a Full Offer.
Applicants who have not been educated through English must show proof of achieving IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6 in the writing section on the Academic Version) or an equivalent score in another accepted test.
Essential Supporting Documentation
A statement framing your reasons for applying to the programme, i.e. how attending the above selected course will benefit you and your practice (500 words)
A recent CV
Certified transcripts of previous programmes followed
Certified copies of degree/ certificates and/or other appropriate third level qualifications bearing the official stamp of the institution.
Find out more HERE
This postgraduate qualification is offered to artists, designers, curators and others who want to develop high level research skills and expertise for careers in the arts.
Info for the NCAD staff and current postgraduate NCAD students - please register here to participate free of charge:
https://creativefuturesacademy.ie/courses/professional-certificate-art-and-design/
High level research skills and critical understanding of research practices are vital skills for many artists and designers working today, as well as curators, arts writers and critics.
The professional certificate is also be an excellent foundation for a future research degree (MPhil, MLitt, MRes, PhD)
CFA Contact
Joanna Crawley [email protected]
Programme Contact
David Crowley [email protected]
Lisa Godson [email protected]
https://www.ncad.ie/research-people/view/dr-lisa-godson
Admissions Contact
Applications are now closed
Programme Fee
€600.
This 5-credit programme is the founding module of the 20-credit Professional Diploma in Art and Design Research offer.
Learners who completed the certificate can continue onto the remaining three 5-credit modules:
Art and Design Research Ethics*
Creative Approaches to Archives*
Writing for / as Research*
Making Research Public
*participants select 2 of the 3 blocks marked with an asterisk.
While the certificates are priced at €600 each, there is Human Capital Initiative funding available for the Professional Diploma. Learners eligible for the HCI funding would be paying €1100 instead of €2200 for four modules.
Scholarship
CFA Scholarship:
A CFA scholarship encourages the participation of learners from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education by offering one free place on all of our CFA short courses.
Find out if you are eligible to apply HERE
Fill in the CFA@NCAD scholarship application form HERE
