Module manager: Dr Hyunah Cho
Email: h.cho@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
MUS5354M Applied Professional Practice
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module provides opportunities for you to take a proactive and self-reflective role in your work and to develop the skills needed to address professional challenges such as those encountered by our partner organisations. The assessment for this module will involve you working to a brief (provided by a stakeholder) and developing an appropriate research project and drafting the content for a funding application to address this, necessitating reflecting on professional practices for wellbeing.
This module aims to develop skills relating to professional practice as it relates to work in the field of creative health and wellbeing. By working with academic literature, policy and information directly from professional practice, practitioners currently working in the field, observations and reflections on own/other’s practice, you will develop understanding of what it means to work as a creative health and wellbeing practitioner and the ways in which that practice can be supported and enhanced.
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. evaluate different forms of evidence of the relationship between creative arts practice and wellbeing
2. identify and analyse key methodological and ethical challenges of creative health and wellbeing research and practice
3. reflect critically on the realities, opportunities and challenges of working as a creative health and wellbeing practitioner
4. develop, support and communicate creative arts and wellbeing arguments appropriately and effectively to diverse audiences. 5. evaluate the impact of creative health activities and interventions on wellbeing in a contextually sensitive fashion
6. Appraise the funding landscape and synthesise contextual knowledge to formulate funding proposals for creative health and wellbeing activities.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Supervision | 4 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Practical | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Seminar | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 275 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 25 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
The seminars are designed as interactive, discussion-based sessions where you’ll be encouraged to connect your own practice and previous experiences to the topics we explore. By taking part, you’ll help the teaching team understand how you’re progressing and where you might need additional support.
These sessions also give you regular opportunities to share your ideas and receive feedback—from both your peers and teaching or visiting staff. This ongoing dialogue is intended to support your learning and help you develop your thinking week by week.
In addition, tutorial sessions offer more focused support, giving you the chance to work one-to-one with staff on your assessments. This is another opportunity to receive feedback and guidance as your work develops.
Staff drop-in hours will also be available and advertised throughout the course, providing an extra point of contact if you’d like further support or have questions.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | presentation | 60 |
| Coursework | draft grant proposal | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 13/04/2026
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