Course overview
This course is new for entry year 2026.
This Combined Arts online degree gives you the opportunity to explore a wide range of creative disciplines, following your ambition and passion while developing your own creative voice and growing a wide range of transferrable skills.
Studied 100% online and in a way that works for you, the Combined Arts courses bring expertise from across the creative disciplines; design, writing, illustration, visual communication, and fine art. You will choose one of two courses – Combined Arts: Creativity, or Combined Arts: Design – and through these courses, you will focus on in-demand skills aligned with future careers. With a focus on problem-based learning, you’ll grow as an engaged and innovative creative who can apply your knowledge to real-world problems.
This Integrated Master’s model combines undergraduate and postgraduate study in one efficient, effective degree, which will give you a strong creative theoretical background, as well as creative space to explore your own independent research and projects. This accelerated pace offers you the opportunity to enter the workplace with a postgraduate qualification ahead of your peers, with the flexibility to focus on areas of the creative industries that matter to you and your future career.
Why study this course at Falmouth?
- Simplicity and flexibility: The Combined Arts Integrated Master’s courses offer a flexible and personalised learning experience, allowing you to shape your own academic journey and build your study around your life
- Broad creative arts and design curriculum: You'll gain a breadth of creative and critical skills from across a range of arts disciplines, enhancing your employability.
- Problem-based curriculum design: With an emphasis on creativity and problem-solving, you’ll be equipped to approach real-world challenges in both life and work.
- Interdisciplinary approach: This course cultivates the ability to tackle complex problems by integrating diverse academic perspectives.
- A connected community: Join a global community of diverse practitioners and make career-defining connections.
What is an Integrated Master’s?
Our online integrated master’s programme combines undergraduate and postgraduate degree study into a single, accelerated course.
You graduate with a master’s degree in just three years rather than four – saving significantly on tuition fees compared to a traditional full time undergraduate and postgraduate degree course.
Having a master’s degree gives you advanced skills, and sets you apart from other applicants when applying for future roles – plus, people with postgraduate degrees are more likely to secure higher salaries UK Government data, 2023.
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