This is your opportunity to show us where your interests lie and how you might apply course content. It is not a definitive study plan, and we fully anticipate that your ideas will change over the course of the MA, as you are involved in learning. However, we do expect that you will have some initial ideas, coming into the course, of what interests you, and how the course will help you to pursue these interests. Please write no more than 800 words. Your study proposal should address ONE of the areas below:
Either Area 1
Describe your research interests and a topic within arts and cultural enterprise that you would like to investigate at postgraduate level:
What has drawn you to this topic?
Why is it interesting?
What do you already know about this topic, and what hypotheses would you like to explore?
How might you undertake research on this topic?
How will the course assist you in approaching this research?
Or Area 2
Describe your research interests and a new, or different approach to cultural production, which you would like to put into practice:
What would you like to do?
What existing models of production would you draw upon, and where would you depart from them?
Is there a market for your endeavour? What does it look like?
How will the course assist you developing your idea?
How will the course assist you in approaching this research?