Postgraduate Courses

Our promise to students at Bath Spa University is to make their time here as rewarding and enjoyable as possible. If you choose to join us, we will provide teaching of the highest quality from committed staff, in a unique and supportive environment.

• About Postgraduate Study
• Postgraduate Prospectus 2010 (.pdf)

Graduate Certificates and Diplomas

Graduate Certificates and Diplomas have been developed to provide recognised awards for graduates and professionals who wish to update and extend their subject knowledge. They may be undertaken as part of a programme of continual professional development or as stand-alone qualifications.

• Biology
• Geography

Taught Postgraduate Degrees

• Composition*
• Creating and Developing Your Business
• Creative Sound and Media Technology
• Creative Writing
• Curatorial Practice
• Design
  • Brand Development
  • Ceramics
  • Communication Design
  • Fashion and Textiles
  • Investigating Fashion Design
• Ecological Impact Assessment
• Experimental Music
• Fine Art
• Health Studies
• Initial Teacher Education
• Investigating Crafts
• [English] Literature and Landscape
• Performance
• Professional Master's Programme
• Professional Practice in Higher Education
• Scriptwriting
• MA Songwriting†
• MMus Songwriting
• Writing for Young People

* From September 2010, we will no longer offer MA Composition. Composition (Audio Technologies) and Composition (Sound and Image) will be replaced by our new MMus Creative Sound and Media Technology, which will cover the same territory with a similar course structure and modular content. There will be no direct replacement for the Composition pathway - we will be offering the new MMus Experimental Music course, which will cover some of the same ground but with a more specialist and distinctive character.

† From September 2010, we will no longer offer MA Songwriting. It will be replaced with our new MMus Songwriting, which will cover the same territory with a similar course structure and modular content.

Professional Master's Programme (Education)

Continuing professional development for educators and other professionals has been a strength at Bath Spa for many years. Our postgraduate Professional Master's Programme provides flexible study arrangements allowing you to choose from a range of accredited career-based short modules, or longer programmes of study leading to Grad Cert, PG Cert, PG Dip or Master's qualifications MA or MTeach. Full-time awards available are:

• MA Education Studies
• MA International Education and Global Citizenship

Research Degrees

We offer opportunities for supervised, original research leading to MPhil and PhD.