MASc Creative Health Degree Structure

The Creative Health MASc programme addresses a growing interest in the fields of Arts and Health and social prescribing, with a focus on research-led practice, community engagement, non-clinical approaches to health and wellbeing, and experiential teaching. Taught modules will provide the necessary grounding for you to understand the scope of research, policy and practice across these diverse areas. A research dissertation will be undertaken with a community partner, providing practical experience of the role of community organisations in supporting different aspects of health and wellbeing, with a focus on developing and applying research and evaluation skills.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four compulsory modules (60 credits), two optional modules (30 credits) and a research dissertation (90 credits). Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a MASc in Creative Health.

Compulsory Modules

1. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video)
2. BASC0050 Dissertation Project
3. BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research
4. BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences
5. BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity
6. BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab

Optional Modules - take two of the following

* Modules with an asterisk are taught at the Bloomsbury campus rather than the UCL East campus

1. ANTH0074 Art in the Public Sphere*
2. BASC0081 Community Wellbeing, Health Inequalities and the role of Social Prescribing
3. BENV0056 Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory and Practice*
4. BENV0057 Designing Inclusive Places*
5. BIOS0035 Foundations of Citizen Science
6. CENG0062 Sustainability and Decision-Making
7. CMII0151 Feminism and the Medical Self*
8. COMP0153 Inclusive Design and Environments
9. COMP0232 Innovation for a Fairer World
10. ENGF0025 Find Your Future
11. GLBH0026 Urban Health*
12. IEHC0039 Homeless and Inclusion Health*
13. IEHC0049 Health Inequalities over the Lifecourse*
14. IEHC0070 Ethnicity, Migration and Health*
15. IFWH0025 Legal and Ethical Perspectives of Women's Health*
16. MSIN0144 Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
17. PHIL0059 Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health*
18. PSYC0287 Exploring Power, Inclusion and Exclusion with Local Communities
19. URBL0003 East London Lab

Please note that the list of optional modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment; module content and availability is subject to change and we cannot  necessarily guarantee entry into candidates’ first choice due to limited places available on certain optional modules.

Teaching and Learning

The programme is taught with an emphasis on collaborative and co-operative learning to ensure that you enter the workforce capable of joining projects and programmes where working in teams is important. Assessment is through written assignments, unseen written examinations, projects, oral presentations, group work, and the written dissertation.

Core modules are taught across terms one and two. Optional modules vary according to the host department, but will run in Terms one, two or three. The dissertation runs across the academic year.

PG Certificate in Creative Health

The programme consists of four compulsory modules, each worth 15 credits. Upon successful completion of 60 credits, you will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Health.

Compulsory Modules

1. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video)
2. BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research
3. BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences
4. BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity

PG Diploma in Creative Health

The programme consists of four compulsory modules (worth 15 credits each), a 30 credit independent research project, plus two optional 15 credit modules. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Health.

Compulsory Modules

1. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video)
2. BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research
3. BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences
4. BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity
5. BASC0054 Creative Health Independent Research Project (30 credits)
6. BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab

Optional Modules - take two of the following

* Modules with an asterisk are taught at the Bloomsbury campus rather than the UCL East campus

1. ANTH0074 Art in the Public Sphere*
2. BASC0081 Community Wellbeing, Health Inequalities and the role of Social Prescribing
3. BENV0056 Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory and Practice*
4. BENV0057 Designing Inclusive Places*
5. BIOS0035 Foundations of Citizen Science
6. CENG0062 Sustainability and Decision-Making
7. CMII0151 Feminism and the Medical Self*
8. COMP0153 Inclusive Design and Environments
9. COMP0232 Innovation for a Fairer World
10. ENGF0025 Find Your Future
11. GLBH0026 Urban Health*
12. IEHC0039 Homeless and Inclusion Health*
13. IEHC0049 Health Inequalities over the Lifecourse*
14. IEHC0070 Ethnicity, Migration and Health*
15. IFWH0025 Legal and Ethical Perspectives of Women's Health*
16. MSIN0144 Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
17. PHIL0059 Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health*
18. PSYC0287 Exploring Power, Inclusion and Exclusion with Local Communities
19. URBL0003 East London Lab

Please note that the list of optional modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment; module content and availability is subject to change and we cannot  necessarily guarantee entry into candidates’ first choice due to limited places available on certain optional modules.

Part-Time Degree Structure

The programme can be studied part-time over two calendar years. BASC0030, BASC0052 and BASC0083 must be taken in your first year. BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research and BASC0053 Introduction to Interdisciplinarity are compulsory modules, but you can choose to take them in year 1 or year 2. You will take one of the following module combinations in your first year:

1. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video), BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research, BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences and BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab OR
2. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video), BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences, BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity and BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab OR
3. BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health (video), BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences, BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab and one optional 15 credit module.

You will then take one of the following module combinations in your second year:

1. BASC0050 Dissertation Project, BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research and one optional 15 credit module if you took BASC0053 in year 1 OR
2. BASC0050 Dissertation Project, BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity and one optional 15 credit module if you took BASC0051 in year 1.

Please note that EU and Overseas students who will require a visa to study in the UK are not eligible for the part-time programme as UCL will not sponsor part-time study visas.