Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the design, research, planning and realisation of a sustained professional curatorial project
- the advanced contribution of your work to the inclusive, ethical and sustainability responsibilities related to the future of Curating.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically reflect on your inclusive, ethical and sustainable professional development opportunities.
- create a project that demonstrates creative problem-solving and effective communication techniques.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of all relevant practical issues of installation and presentation
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- synthesise and create through data, information, methods and appropriate techniques, a project that creates original outputs
- advance critical awareness of inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices related to curating
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate management of relationships with third parties to achieve practical presentational goals.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 585 |
| Teaching | 15 |
| Total study time | 600 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Graham, Beryl and Cook, Sarah (2010). Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media. London and Cambridge: MA: Leonardo .
Gray, Carole & Malins, Julian (2004). Visualising Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design. Burlington: Ashgate.
Cottrell, Stella (2019). The Study Skills Handbook. London: Red Globe Press.
Lucy Steeds (2014). Exhibition. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Eco, Umberto (2015 (1977)). How to Write a Thesis. London and Cambridge: MA: The MIT Press.
Hoffmann, Jens (2014/17 (There are two versions of this and both are useful)). Show time : the 50 most influential exhibitions of contemporary art. London : Thames and Hudson.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Draft piece
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: tutorial
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 100%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Final project | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Final project | 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 |
|---|---|
| Final project | 100% |