Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how your discipline integrates and socially engages with communities and the wider civic society
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse, collate and manage sourced data and research to inform and underpin your decisions
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- manage workloads accommodating feedback, change and uncertainty
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- explore and employ appropriate media, materials and processes when reviewing and refining ideas
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify appropriate practices and perform work within a professional and ethical framework including equality, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours | 
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 248 | 
| Teaching | 42 | 
| Total study time | 290 | 
Resources & Reading list
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Poell, Thomas, Nieborg, David & Duffy, Brooke Erin (2021). Platforms and Cultural Production. London: Polity Press.
Balsamo, Anne (2011). Designing Culture: the technological imagination at work. Durham NC: Duke University Press.
Hesmondhalgh, David (2018). The Cultural Industries. London: Polity Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Digital presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution | 
|---|---|
| Case study report | 50% | 
| Portfolio of practice | 50% | 
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution | 
|---|---|
| Portfolio of practice | 50% | 
| Case study report | 50% |