ARTD3055 Final Major Project (Dalian)
Module Overview
This module is one of the common core modules taken by all students on the University of Southampton undergraduate programmes taught at Dalian Polytechnic University. Whilst the learning outcomes are the same no matter which of the programmes you are following, your output from this module will reflect the media and approaches of your chosen programme.
Aims and Objectives
Module Aims
• enable you to realise your creative ambitions • fully utilise self-directed working methods towards the realisation of resolved work that deploys accurately established techniques of analysis • enable you to demonstrate a high level of responsibility for your learning in terms of making and production, communication and presentation • prepare you for professional practice or postgraduate study
Learning Outcomes
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
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Further develop your ideas through reflection and analysis
- Conceptualise intended outcomes appropriately to the audience
- Independently recognise and plan resolutions to practical and theoretical problems
- Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of creativity
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 Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- 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
- Choose appropriate methods and responses, using complex skills consistently
- Select and communicate ambitious ideas through visual means
Syllabus
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.
Special Features
Within this module it would be expected that you independently initiate appropriate study trips that would further your creative outcome and knowledge appropriately.
Learning and Teaching
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
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 28 |
| Seminar | 10 |
| Lecture | 20 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 100 |
| Completion of assessment task | 200 |
| Project supervision | 15 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 27 |
| Wider reading or practice | 50 |
| Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
Dabner, D., & Stewart, S. (n.d.). (2014). Graphic design school: A foundation course for graphic designers working in print, moving image and digital media.
Clarke, M. (2007). Verbalising the Visual, Translating art & design into words.
McCarthy, S., & Venezky, M. (2013). The designer as author, producer, activist, entrepreneur, curator & collaborator: New models for communicating..
Rabbalt, N. Solomon, M. (2008). Consumer behavior in Fashion.
Taylor, F. (2010). How to create a portfolio & get hired: A guide for graphic designers and illustrators.
Aldrich, W. (2013). Fabrics and Pattern Cutting.
Kiisel, K. (2013). Draping, The Complete Course.
Brereton, R. (2011). Cut & Paste 21st Century Collage.
Black, S. (2012). Eco Fashion- the Fashion Paradox.
Chunman Lo, D. (2011). Patternmaking.
Gray, C & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing Research: A guide to the research Process in Art and Design.
Jones, T. (2007). Fashion Now.
Hebdige, D. (1984). Subculture: The Meaning of Style.
Clarke, M. (2007). Verbalising the Visual, Translating art & design into words.
Cheney, N. & McAllister, H. (2013). Textile Surface Manipulation.
Yates, D., & Price, J. (n.d.). (2015). Communication Design: Insights from the creative industries.
Potter, N. (2002). What is a designer: Things, places, messages.
Briggs-Goode, A. (2013). Printed Textile Design.
Clarke, S. (2011). Textile design.
Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the Judgement of Taste.
Assessment
Formative
Feedback
Summative
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exhibition | 100% |
Repeat
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exhibition | 100% |
Referral
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exhibition | 100% |
Costs
Costs associated with this module
Students are responsible for meeting the cost of essential textbooks, and of producing such essays, assignments, laboratory reports and dissertations as are required to fulfil the academic requirements for each programme of study.
In addition to this, students registered for this module typically also have to pay for:
Books and Stationery equipment
Recommended texts for this module may be available in limited supply in the University Library and students may wish to purchase the core/ recommended text as appropriate.
Printing and Photocopying Costs
There will be additional costs for printing and binding your dissertation.
Please also ensure you read the section on additional costs in the University’s Fees, Charges and Expenses Regulations in the University Calendar available at www.calendar.soton.ac.uk.