UCA Farnham

MA Book Arts & Publishing

1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

MA Books Arts & Publishing at UCA Farnham provides a unique opportunity for you to develop your practice as photographer, artist or designer through book arts and independent publishing. The course takes as its theme the book and the printed page as a vehicle for the dissemination of ideas. A number of key issues are posed about design, structure and editorial control of the book as an autonomous art form, which are considered through the making and debating of new works.

Key study topics include:

  • Develop a self-directed project through a series of set briefs
  • Contemporary debates in the field of visual culture
  • A reflective project unit that includes professional practice
  • A work placement opportunity
  • Define your self-directed project towards a resolution
  • An exposition of ideas and concepts developed throughout the course
  • A dissertation or
  • Resolve your project as practice-based work.

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