Module Descriptors
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ART AND DESIGN
ADFD30045
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 3
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Jessica Longmore
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 252
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- Coursework – An academic poster with references weighted at 50%
- Coursework - Illustrated essay weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures
Seminars
Study visit(s)
Tutorials
Independent research
Key Information Set Data:
Scheduled learning and teaching activities 16%
Guided independent study 84%
Seminars
Study visit(s)
Tutorials
Independent research
Key Information Set Data:
Scheduled learning and teaching activities 16%
Guided independent study 84%
Module Resources
Data projection facilities
Library
Access to IT facilities
Library
Access to IT facilities
MODULE TEXTS
Burnham, Douglas. 2006, Studying Independently: Writing Better Essays, Exams & Presentations. Faculty of Arts Media & Design Booklet
Cooper, D. ed., 1992, A Companion to Aesthetics. Blackwell, Oxford.
Davies, B. 1990, Study Skills: a Student's Survival Guide. Arthur Stockwell Ltd, https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/assignments/poster
Cooper, D. ed., 1992, A Companion to Aesthetics. Blackwell, Oxford.
Davies, B. 1990, Study Skills: a Student's Survival Guide. Arthur Stockwell Ltd, https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/assignments/poster
MODULE INDICATIVE CONTENT
This module is about the way that any professional art or design practice is informed by the work and ideas of other people and other times. You will learn about how and why other artists and designers do the things they do, and will understand how your own work can benefit from this knowledge. You will attend a series of lectures and will take careful notes, writing them up in a coherent form following each lecture. You will carry out independent research to find out more about aspects of the lectures that have interested you. You will undertake at least one study visit and will use it as the basis for further research.
In Semester 1 You will produce an Academic Poster that demonstrates your research and understanding of an Art and/or Design Movement, you will include key illustrations and quotations, which will be referenced using the Harvard system. In Semester 2 You will produce an illustrated essay that outlines your personal interests as Artist and Designers and that starts to describe your area of interest in relation to your own work and the degree pathways within Art and Design.
In Semester 1 You will produce an Academic Poster that demonstrates your research and understanding of an Art and/or Design Movement, you will include key illustrations and quotations, which will be referenced using the Harvard system. In Semester 2 You will produce an illustrated essay that outlines your personal interests as Artist and Designers and that starts to describe your area of interest in relation to your own work and the degree pathways within Art and Design.
MODULE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
An Academic Poster, which includes illustrations and referenced quotations relating to a specific art/design movement. ( LO 1,2,3,4)
An illustrated essay that describes and reflects on your own work and that of other Art and Design practitioners. ( LO 1,2,3,4)
An illustrated essay that describes and reflects on your own work and that of other Art and Design practitioners. ( LO 1,2,3,4)
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK OF A RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTITIONERS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEIR WORK HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY OTHERS. Knowledge & Understanding
2. FIND AND ORGANISE INFORMATION ON A THEME. Enquiry
3. MAKE USEFUL NOTES DURING LECTURES AND TO WRITE THEM UP COHERENTLY. Learning
4. MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IDEAS, THEORIES AND PRACTICES. Reflection
2. FIND AND ORGANISE INFORMATION ON A THEME. Enquiry
3. MAKE USEFUL NOTES DURING LECTURES AND TO WRITE THEM UP COHERENTLY. Learning
4. MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IDEAS, THEORIES AND PRACTICES. Reflection