Experimental Practice & Research

Learning Outcomes

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• identify appropriate practices within a professional, legal and ethical framework to address core considerations including data management and use, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and sustainability in the work you undertake

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• the application of current issues, debates and values in your discipline to practice-led research

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate conceptual, technical and creative ideas and research to a professional standard

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• test and evaluate conceptual and technical resources and skills in the development of your independent work

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• select and employ relevant professional technologies and methods such as digital imaging, editing and production, in communication of ideas, processes, arguments and outcomes

Methods for conducting historical, cultural and economic research into the creative and cultural industries and related areas of creative work. Reflection on and development of career and business planning, including for example, budgeting as a freelance or microbusiness. Development of promotional and showcasing strategies for creative businesses and personal professional development.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and seminars on industry research methods. Talks from industry partners and careers service. Workplace, studio and gallery visits. Workshops on website, showreel and CV design and production, and on business planning.

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

University of Southampton Careers Service.

Textbooks

Taylor, Stephanie & Luckman, Susan (eds) (2020). Pathways into Creative Working Lives. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Lankoski, Petri & Bjork, Staffan (2015). Game Research Methods: an overview. Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press.

Flew, Terry (2013). Global Creative Industries. London: Polity Press.

Formative

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

Coursework Presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

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.