You will present for assessment a body of work as outlined in the module information pack. This will include:
A completed, professionally presented project proposal. [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Visual research material collected from a variety of sources, periodicals/litreture, photo-copied, drawn, and photographically created, presented in an organized professional manner in sketchbooks and visual diaries, but selected and formalised within your A3 Folio.[Learning Outcomes 1 & 2]
Technical notebook of processes acquired [Learning Outcomes 1 & 3]
Design development work that uses drawing both sketchbooks and on sheets. [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Material experimentation and three dimensional prototyping to develop design ideas. [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
A range of samples accompanied by a collection of professionally finished 3D work [Learning Outcomes 2 & 4]
An exhibition of your finished work, carried out to professional standards [Learning Outcomes 1, 2 & 4]
An oral presentation outlining the contexts for your work [Learning Outcomes 1,3,5]
Studentship [Learning Outcomes 1-5]

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

This module requires you to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired during levels 1 and 2 of the course and to produce the work conceived in the previous Contextualising Practice module. It will entail the execution of a project that fully explores an individual area of interest to you, and that is undertaken as the result of continued discussion with the supervising tutor. This is the major project of the course and so should reflect personal interests and ambitions. It should provide an opportunity to produce an innovative range of project solutions. The result will be a substantial body of work presented to a professional standard, the curation and exhibition of the finished work will be developed as a team project. The focus of this module will be on implementation and production, on analytical and practical skills combined with an independent, resourceful and responsive approach to your own individual practice.
The programme will result in a substantial body of work representing a minimum of 450 hours of engagement.

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.

Key Information Set Data:
15% scheduled learning and teaching activities
85% guided independent learning

Dormer P. [1997]: The Culture of Craft: Status and Future (Studies in Design and Material Culture).Manchester University Press
Dormer P. [1993]: Design Since 1945. Thames and Hudson
Greenhalg P. [2002 ed]: The Persistence of Craft. The Applied Arts Today
Pye D. [1995]: The Nature and Aesthetics of Design. Cambrian Press

Periodicals:
a-n magazine
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

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.

Other reading appropriate to your specific research topic including a range of books, subject specific periodicals, websites, blogs and other related journals and newspaper articles, as well as texts relating to design, craft and art should be employed through negotiation with your supervisor - plus other subject specific visual or audio evidence to support your work.

Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate.

Fine metal workshop
Wood workshop
Plastics & Resin workshops
Ceramics workshops
Technical Hub- CAD & Laser cutting
Thompson Library and slide library
Design archive.
Lecture theatre and tutorial rooms where relevant.
Computer, Word processing and output facilities
Internet access
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module.

Details will be supplied in the module handbook.