Master of Applied Arts | Low Residency
The duration of the Low Residency program is 28 months over 7 semesters. The program is designed to suit established professionals whose practical circumstances make relocation to Vancouver or the resident MAA schedule unworkable. It is important to note that while the Low Residency MAA program incorporates more flexibility than the resident program, it is not part-time.
The requirements and outcomes of the Low Residency program are equivalent to the Resident program; the difference is in the mode, duration and rhythm of delivery. The program is structured primarily around three 4-week summer intensive residencies on campus in Vancouver during July. These semesters exceed a full-time schedule and are a period of intense development in response to significant interaction with faculty and visiting artists.
Students can only begin the program in the summer semester. Students apply to the following program stream:
- Visual Arts
- Media Arts
During semesters between the summer intensives, students live and study in their home communities. Interaction with peers and faculty occurs via the University's online environment, building on the experience of each summer intensive.
The Low Residency program involves distinct yet overlapping stages of research and production to support the development of a final thesis project. In the first summer residency, the primary focus is on research; it therefore includes significant class time and instruction. The second summer residency is built around interaction in the studio, with less group instruction and more emphasis on inidvidual contact hours with mentors and visiting artists. The final stage supports the actualization of the final thesis project.
The internship/work-based learning experience is an integral credit component of the program and can be situated at Emily Carr University or on-site for an employer: this could be a gallery, an arts, design or media based organization, museum, production company, etc. The work is generally and industry-driven project and should relate to the student's thesis. Students have the option to do an independent project, which is developed on a case-by-case basis with the Manager of Research + Industry Liaison and approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies. It is generally accepted that the internship/work-based learning experience will be relevant to the students' academic or artistic objectives and interests.
Students have online contact with the Manager of Reserach + Industry Liaison to plan and develop their internship/work-based learning experience or independent project.
Please keep in mind that the Low Residence MAA Program will not meet the criteria for Student Aid BC purposes (i.e. Canada Student Loans). The Student Aid BC Policy Manual states that: "For study programs to qualify for StudentAid BC purposes they must be taught on a full-time basis at 100% of a full-time course load. Programs that are taught on a part-time basis (less than 100% of a full-time course load) do not qualify for StudentAid BC purposes."
Nor do part-time or programs delivered online meet US Stafford Loan requirements.
Program Overview:
Please note that this program overview reflects the course schedule for students in the Media and Visual Arts stream.
Year 1
Summer semester – SUMMER INTENSIVE
GSML 501 Media and Visual Arts, Advanced Studio I (3 credits)
GSML 500 Media and Visual Arts Graduate Seminar in Research I - The Field (3 credits)
GSML 503 Media and Visual Arts Masters Thesis Project - Research, includes Visitors’ Forum (3 credits)
Fall semester
GSML 505 Media and Visual Arts, Graduate Seminar in Research II - The Horizon (3 credits) (online)
GSML 503 Media and Visual Arts Masters Thesis Project - Conception (3 credits)
GSML 502 Media and Visual Arts, Advanced Studio II (3 credits)
Spring semester
GSML 611 Media and Visual Arts, Graduate Seminar - The Text (3 credits) (online)
GSML 504 Media and Visual Arts, Advanced Studio III (3 credits) (online)
GSML 503 Media and Visual Arts Masters Thesis Project - Proposal (3 credits)
Year 2
Summer semester – SUMMER INTENSIVE
GSML 603 Media and Visual Arts, Graduate Seminar - Context and Reception (3 credits)
GSML 503 Media and Visual Arts Masters Thesis Project - Development (3 credits)
GSML 507 Media and Visual Arts, Advanced Studio IV: Exhibition (3 credits)
Fall semester
GSML 510 Grad Internship (9 credits)
Spring semester
GSML 604 Media and Visual Arts Graduate Seminar - Projections and Indications (3 credits) (online)
GSML 602 Media and Visual Arts Masters Thesis Project - Actualization (6 credits) (online)
Year 3
Summer semester – SUMMER INTENSIVE
GSML 600 Graduate Seminar (3 credits)
GSML 602 Media and Visual Arts Master Thesis Project (completion) (6 credits)
Total: 63 credits
For more information, please contact masters@ecuad.ca
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