You will present for assessment a body of work as outlined in the module information pack. This will include:

A visual diary detailing research, experimentation and ideas development [Learning Outcomes 1,2].
Sketchbooks, models and/or maquettes, as appropriate [Learning Outcomes 2,3].

The module aims to provide you with the opportunity to build on skills and areas of interest developed during previous study. You will author written proposals that will form the content of this module, in consultation and negotiation with supervising tutors. The content of the proposals should stem from the academic and technical knowledge already attained, and may be based directly on work or themes developed in earlier levels of the course. A series of individual and group tutorials where you will present your work in progress and receive constructive criticism and feedback, will be key to developing the constituents of your final body of work (undertaken in Negotiated Project II). You will be encouraged to engage in selective and appropriate research, and in the coherent production of creative solutions to your own brief.

Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate
Library and slide library
Word-processing facilities
Internet access

Periodicals:
a-n magazine ISSN 02613425
a-n web http://.www.a-n.co.uk
Crafts. ISSN0306-610X
Crafts council http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
The Persistence of Craft The Applied Arts Today (ed) Paul Greenhalg Rutgers University Press March 1, 2003 ISBN0813532647
The Nature and Art of Workmanship, David Pye, Cambium Press 1995, ISBN 1871569761
Students will determine their own reading list appropriate to their personal proposal of work, with staff guidance. Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University, keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in their subject.

Technical skills instruction on specific techniques not already covered
Tutorials, individual and group, where you will present your work in progress and receive constructive criticism and feedback
Independent study, where you will engage in selective research and the production of creative solutions to your own brief.

HND or equivalent in Crafts or relevant 3D Design subject.