Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify and apply a range of specific practical methodologies and skills that relate to contemporary practice within Motion Design/ Graphic Design/ Illustration or Photography.
- propose creative solutions to manage and negotiate the complexities of your practice;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- employ digital literacies to support your learning.
- communicate and present ideas in a variety of oral, written and visual formats;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply critical enquiry and reflection to evaluate your work;
- realise your ideas through the evaluation and selection of appropriate media, materials and processes.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- major developments in current and emerging media and technologies);
- how to develop an appropriate professional plan for your introduction industry practice;
- how your practice relates to the professional context of the graphic arts.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 3 |
Completion of assessment task | 60 |
Tutorial | 7 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
Follow-up work | 16 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Lecture | 14 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Journal Articles
Working Papers in Art and Design (This journal can be accessed through the TDNet Journals Gateway on the WSA Library Webcat).
Textbooks
Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead (2009). Doing and Writing Action Research. Sage Publications Ltd.
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison (2007). Research Methods in Education. Routledge.
Cottrell, S. (2015). Skills for Success: Personal Development And Employability. London: Macmillan Education.
Cottrell, S. (2013). The Study Skills Handbook. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead (2009). You and Your Action Research Project. Routledge.
Gray, C. & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing Research. A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design.. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Palgrave (2015). University of Southampton Library Catalogue.
Donald A Schon (1991). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action (Arena). Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Michael Polanyi (2009). The Tacit Dimension. Chicago University Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback on project brief. You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, presentations, crits and written feedback, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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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 |
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Portfolio | 100% |