Professional and Academic Skills 2

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• conduct research and enquiry applying appropriate research methods to data collection and reporting.
• engage in advanced critical thinking to prepare for and plan a research project;

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• good academic practice underpinning the research process from design to completion;
• contemporary issues relevant to the creative industries.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• design and deliver work of a professional standard that considers relevant ethical obligations.

Academic and Information Literacy

• Engaging with discipline-specific literature
• Library catalogues and databases
• Internet gateways and portals
• Reading and writing critically
• Structuring an argument
• Editing your work
• Referencing and academic integrity
• Research ethics and using ERGO

Research Design

• Designing a research question
• Methodologies to test the question
• Synthesising your findings
• The structure of a research proposal
• Designing and implementing your proposal
• Timelines and task management

Professional skills

• Self evaluation
• Self-direction

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• lectures
• academic study skills sessions
• tutor-led seminars
• tutorials
• case study analysis
• visiting lecturers

Learning activities include

• independent learning, including reflection and evaluation of feedback
• group projects and formative collaborative tasks
• problem-solving activities
• optional study visits
• independent research
• using online reference material and tutorial notes
• peer-group learning
• class discussions

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Blackboard.

Textbooks

Gray, C, & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

Cottrell, S. (2015). Skills For Success: Personal Development And Employability. London: Macmillan Education : Palgrave.

Bilton, C. and Cummings, S (2014). Handbook of Management and Creativity. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. and Jackson P. R. (2015). Management & Business Research. London: SAGE.

Cottrell, S. (2013). The Study Skills Handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External