Final Major Project (Dalian)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Choose appropriate methods and responses, using complex skills consistently
• Apply technical and academic skills with confidence and in a way appropriate to the realisation of your ideas
• Be sophisticated in the selection and use of your media or material
• Select and communicate ambitious ideas through visual means

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select, plan, organise and realise your major project to a professional standard
• Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a subject
• Manage your own learning and work independently with confidence
• Communicate confidently demonstrating awareness of global contexts.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Conceptualise intended outcomes appropriately to the audience
• Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of creativity
• Further develop your ideas through reflection and analysis
• Independently recognise and plan resolutions to practical and theoretical problems

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The complexities of your creative work
• Ways in which ideas and issues can be communicated effectively in your subject specialism
• Informed prioritisation of techniques and knowledge for your final project, the principles and practices necessary to work at a professional level in your subject

This module enables you to develop your work from experimentation to the production of synthesised outcomes. You will direct and realise your ideas through forms of visual presentation and structure that are relevant to the concepts and practical requirements of your project and subject area. Through evaluation and selection of your work for exposure to an audience, this module focuses on planning and producing work that is critically informed. The module represents the culmination of your study. Accordingly you will be guided to combine and apply the knowledge and understanding acquired in all elements of the programme, in particular, the Specialist Practice modules, towards the completion of your submission for assessment.

In the subjects encompassed by art and design there is an ever widening diversity of potential interdisciplinary creative outcomes. Consequently the Final Major Project produced by students may increasingly reflect this interdisciplinary nature. BA (Hons) Graphic Arts students may present their Final Major Project in a range of formats that reflects current practice in the graphic arts, which may include an exhibition . BA (Hons) Fashion Design students normally present their Final Major Projects a final exhibition of garments supported by a development portfolio.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• Seminars
• tutorials
• group critiques
• workshops

Learning activities include

• seminars
• group critiques
• tutorials
• peer group learning
• Self-evaluation
• Exhibition

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Gray, C & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing Research: A guide to the research Process in Art and Design. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing.

Yates, D., & Price, J. (n.d.). (2015). Communication Design: Insights from the creative industries. Fairchild Books.

Dabner, D., & Stewart, S. (n.d.). (2014). Graphic design school: A foundation course for graphic designers working in print, moving image and digital media. Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Kiisel, K. (2013). Draping, The Complete Course. London: Laurence King.

Black, S. (2012). Eco Fashion- the Fashion Paradox. Routledge.

Rabbalt, N. Solomon, M. (2008). Consumer behavior in Fashion. Prentice Hall.

Taylor, F. (2010). How to create a portfolio & get hired: A guide for graphic designers and illustrators. London: Laurence King.

Brereton, R. (2011). Cut & Paste 21st Century Collage. London: Laurence King.

Jones, T. (2007). Fashion Now. Cologne: Taschen.

McCarthy, S., & Venezky, M. (2013). The designer as author, producer, activist, entrepreneur, curator & collaborator: New models for communicating.. Bis Publishers.

Aldrich, W. (2013). Fabrics and Pattern Cutting. John Wiley & Sons.

Hebdige, D. (1984). Subculture: The Meaning of Style. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Clarke, S. (2011). Textile design. London: Laurence King.

Clarke, M. (2007). Verbalising the Visual, Translating art & design into words. London: AVA Publishing.

Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the Judgement of Taste. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Potter, N. (2002). What is a designer: Things, places, messages. London: Hyphen Press.

Briggs-Goode, A. (2013). Printed Textile Design. London: Laurence King.

Chunman Lo, D. (2011). Patternmaking. London: Laurence King.

Clarke, M. (2007). Verbalising the Visual, Translating art & design into words. London: AVA Publishing.

Cheney, N. & McAllister, H. (2013). Textile Surface Manipulation. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.