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:
- The major developments in your practice and how practitioners combine skills and technologies to innovate
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Formulate a range of ideas using relevant industry processes and methodologies.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use specialist community facilitation skills to generate socially engaged illustration outcomes, evaluating their impact on participants and audiences.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Employ effective and informed visual methods of presentation and communication
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 58 |
| Independent Study | 242 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Moore, C.A. and Hauser, M. (2025). Political illustration : the visual language of propaganda, censorship, and dissent. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. .
Shea, A. (2012). Designing for social change : strategies for community-based graphic design.. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. .
Lampert, N. (2013). A people’s art history of the United States : 250 years of activist art and artists working in social justice movements.. New York, NY: The New Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Tutorial
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback will be given verbally and also in written form through a combination of small group tutorials and silent critiques.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |