The attached paper is a proposal from The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) for the introduction of the MLitt Design Intersections programme commencing in September 2019.

The paper states that ‘the proposed Master of Letters (MLitt) in Design Intersections (Fashion Narrative/ Material Culture/Design Writing) is a one-year (12 months) full-time / two-year (24 months) part-time taught postgraduate programme led by the Department of Design History and Theory (DH&T) in the School of Design (SoD) at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA). The MLitt (Design Intersections) proposes to consolidate and expand upon the contextual and critical elements of undergraduate provision in Design and related disciplines in order to provide students with the opportunity to develop ambitious projects by advancing their skills in reading objects, images, archives, critical studies, literature and histories; and by communicating and disseminating the results of their research for a range of audiences in varied visual, oral and textual forms. The MLitt (Design Intersections) named awards in Design Writing, Fashion Narrative and Material Culture locate extended critical and contextual consideration of issues in Design in contemporary and specific fields of enquiry. The programme is intended to appeal to graduates with first degrees in Studio disciplines, as well as accommodating those with first degrees in Arts & Humanities subjects such as Literature, History or Art History, or in Social Sciences such as Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Business and Marketing.’

The programme proposal was approved by the GSA’s Executive Group on 1 May 2018.

In the event that the programme proposal is approved in principle by Academic Standards Committee, it is the School of Design’s intention to develop the approval documentation ready for consideration and approval by GSA’s UPC Programme Approval meeting in October 2018.

ASC is asked to consider and approve, in principle, the introduction of the MLitt Design Intersections at GSA commencing in September 2019.

GSA.

None have been identified for the University.

Subject to ASC approval, the programme will commence in September 2019.

Equality considerations and equality impact assessment are embedded and mainstreamed at GSA. An Equality Impact Assessment will be carried out for the proposed programme in tandem with the preparation of the programme information documentation.