Manifesto

Learning Outcomes

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

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

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

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

Indicative content for this module includes:

Through a series of reflective workshops and discussion groups you will identify key developments and strengths within your working methods and conceptual thinking processes. This will enable you in the creation of a written and visual manifesto which reflects your personal career aspirations and communicates your practical and critical methodologies. As you articulate awareness of who you are as a graphic communication practitioner you will also start the process of planning a direction and strategy of study for the Final Major Project module in semester 2.

The Final Major Project module will synthesize your knowledge and skills into a final project or series of projects. You will undertake a series of ideas generating activities to locate a project or projects appropriate for career progression ambitions. Through a series of presentations, you will justify a rationale for your proposal. The planning undertaken in this, Manifesto module, will allow you to maximise your ability to complete the Final Major Project module to a high conceptual, technical and aesthetic standard.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• Project Briefings
• Group tutorials and discussions
• One-to-one tutorials
• Critical Reviews
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Creative workshops
• Visual presentations

Learning activities include:

• Research and concept workshops
• Creative workshops
• School resource based learning
• Seminars
• Peer group learning
• Group critiques
• Self-assessment

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Kinross, R., Potter, N. (2002). What Is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages. Hyphen Press.

McCarthy S. (2013). The Designer As…: Author, Producer, Activist, Entrepreneur, Curator & Collaborator: New Models for Communicating,. Bis Publishers.

Schon, Donald (1991). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action.. London: Routledge.

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.