Lucerne School of Art and Design offers online preparatory course for practice-based PhDs

Lucerne School of Art and Design offers a freely accessible online preparatory course for practice-based PhDs in design, film and art.

Join the six-week online course from the Lucerne School of Art and Design, offered via the FutureLearn platform. This course will break down practice-based research and key topics in the research process to help you understand what it means to develop and execute a PhD in film, arts, and design.

Undertaking a PhD in the arts is significantly different from the undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study. While pursuing a PhD in the arts can be an exciting journey, graduates often lack awareness of what this entails. On this course, you’ll review several highly interesting examples of PhDs done by practitioners of the arts. Through the exploration of these projects, you’ll gain insight, experience, and inspiration from the work of fellow artists, designers, and filmmakers.

This course is designed for artists, designers, and filmmakers considering a practice-based PhD and practice-based research in a creative field. It will also be suitable for those interested in learning more about creative doctorates and practice-based research.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• Discuss what a practice-based PhD entails and how creative practice can produce relevant knowledge for the arts.
• Identify how to define your research interest and how to develop a relevant research question.
• Explore the actual process of a PhD, the challenges it imposes and how a permanent writing practice can support your research.
• Compare various methods and approaches towards producing new knowledge, from quantitative to qualitative methods and from hermeneutics to creative practice.
• Evaluate the infrastructure and support networks for practice-based PhDs, starting with the search for a supervisor and ending with the requirements of the final examination.
• Reflect what you have learned from this course and build up your research journal as valuable resource for your further studies. Now you will be well prepared for your journey towards a PhD.

The Lucerne School of Art and Design is experienced in guiding designers, artists, and film makers to realise and develop their professional futures, and the lead educators on this course are two of the most experienced persons in this field.

With the support of your educators and arts practitioners, you’ll be well-equipped with the knowledge you need to make a decision on pursuing your PhD.

This course is freely accessible and free of charge.

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