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Expanded Spatial Practices MA

UK

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What will I learn?

Course Overview

Spatial practice is often approached from within tight disciplinary and professional boundaries. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach by integrating knowledge and methods from multiple fields. You’ll draw on architecture, interior, and landscape, as well as: art, performance, choreography, history, public policy, criminology, health, and creative technology, to critically interrogate the ways in which space is thought, represented, produced, and used.

Aimed at students with a design background, we also welcome students from other disciplines or experiences looking to expand their practice or enter a new career.

As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Propose new areas for investigation and critical enquiry by expanding your engagement with contemporary social, cultural, political, and ecological issues, debates, and public policies
  • Embrace interdisciplinary methodological approaches to spatial practice with a view to contributing to both theory- and practice-led research in the field
  • Expertly organise expanded spatial practices, and proficiently realise and communicate high-quality projects including the documentation and dissemination of outputs
  • Develop a high level of collaborative competency as well as your effectiveness and efficiency in leading and working with multi-disciplinary teams and complex organisations

Career Prospects

As a graduate of this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of established and emerging employment markets. You’ll be ready to work across a variety of social, governmental, and commercial sectors in a range of fields including but not limited to:

  • Public practice
  • Regeneration and spatial policy
  • Experiential design
  • User experience design
  • City branding and marketing
  • Wayfinding
  • Museology and curation
  • Heritage interpretation
  • Tourism and events

Which department am I in?

Leeds Beckett University

Study options

Full Time (1.5 Years)

Tuition fees
£17,500.00 (19,06,733) per year
Accommodation - 171.00 per week

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

City Campus

Leeds,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire,

LS1 3HE, NORTHERN ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants should normally have an upper second class (2.1) honours degree. Applicants with a lower second class (2.2) honours degree will be considered on an individual basis if they have relevant work experience. Applicants who do not have an honours degree may be considered if they have significant relevant experience from within the profession. The minimum IELTS level required for this course is an overall score of 6.5 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification. TOEFL IBT 89 overall with a minimum of 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Leeds Beckett University

The university’s five-star rating from QS World University Rankings is proof of a commitment to giving students a top-quality learning environment.

  • Scholarships of up to GBP 6,000
  • Students from 143 countries study at Leeds Beckett
  • Climbed 40 places in the Complete University Guide 2024
  • Based in Leeds, one of the UK’s most student friendly cities