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

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.

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
Lecture	20
Follow-up work	28
Wider reading or practice	50
Completion of assessment task	200
Preparation for scheduled sessions	100
Project supervision	15
Seminar	10
Practical classes and workshops	27
Total study time	450

Resources & Reading list

Brereton, R. (2011). Cut & Paste 21st Century Collage.

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

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

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

Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the Judgement of Taste.

Clarke, S. (2011). Textile design.

Kiisel, K. (2013). Draping, The Complete Course.

Hebdige, D. (1984). Subculture: The Meaning of Style.

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

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

Chunman Lo, D. (2011). Patternmaking.

Jones, T. (2007). Fashion Now.

Aldrich, W. (2013). Fabrics and Pattern Cutting.

Cheney, N. & McAllister, H. (2013). Textile Surface Manipulation.

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

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

Briggs-Goode, A. (2013). Printed Textile Design.

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

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

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.