Master of Creative Practice

The Master of Creative Practice enables artists, designers, photographers, animators, educators, performers, directors and producers to develop expertise in practice-based creative research within Unitec’s Creative Industries cultural hub.

Immerse yourself in an evolving environment of diverse creative practices including dance, theatre, music, film, new media, animation, visual art, craft, graphic design, product design, experience design and service design. Work on exciting and innovative projects in our art, design, photography, craft and media studios. Learn how to collaborate across disciplines, and facilitate or lead creative projects and teams.

A typical first semester experience provides you with foundation knowledge in areas including: locating your creative practice within a wider body of knowledge, reading and thinking critically, experimenting with, and critiquing, approaches to collaborative and creative industry practice, and applying practice-based and qualitative research methods.

Negotiated studies courses give you the option of undertaking industry placements with leading creative organizations and agencies in Auckland, while supervised interdisciplinary studios provide possibilities for developing and enhancing practice based research skills.

The remainder of your studies is the capstone project, which involves the conceptualization, proposal and implementation of creative research (90 or 120 credits), during which time you will be supervised and mentored by academic staff and/or industry professionals.

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Unitec is New Zealand’s largest institute of technology offering a wide range of work-oriented programmes and short courses. We offer leading employment-focused education at our two campuses in Mt. Albert, and Waitākere.

At Unitec we think the traditional view of spending hours in a lecture theatre is out-dated. And that's why we approach learning differently.

With our unique combination of world-class theory and hands-on experience, you'll get the skills to meet the changing needs of employers. And because our tutors are industry-based, they know what it takes to make it in the real world.

We offer a friendly and diverse learning environment with flexible study programmes, lots of support, and hands-on experience to build the skills you need for your career and your future.