Module Texts
As appropriate to your individual proposal and identified and ameded in the Learning Agreement.
Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive 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.
Module Resources
Negotiated access to studios and workshop facilities and technical support appropriate to the representational resources you employ.
Slide Projection facilities and suitable accommodation for the presentation of work.
Access to library and slide library.
Suitable exhibition space.
Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through LLRS/ITS facilities on campus, not from within the School itself - the exception being the School's Student Browsers based in studios which will support email and internet access.
Specialist skills for Art and Design modules are delivered, at the appropriate level, within dedicated workshop units. These skills packages have been developed to be offered to all students across awards to enhance and develop their abilities and also to underpin workshop use with the necessary health and safety training.
Module Learning Strategies
Independent learning with regular tutor or student led tutorials addressing issues and concerns pertinent to the development of the individual project and the final display in a public exhibition context. These will be timetabled between the student, the Academic Advisor and Subject Mentors. Dates of events will be included in the individual Learning Agreements.
In practice-based modules, appropriate student supervision beyond the stated contact learning hours is determined by the number of students enrolled on the module per semester, and will be in accordance with current health and safety requirements.
Module Indicative Content
This module enables you to demonstrate to a high level, the practical and theoretical skills accumulated during the course as set out in your Learning Agreement and amended after the Negotiated Project 2 module. It provides you with the opportunity to determine and deliver, through exhibition or other appropriate public means, a fully consolidated and resolved programme of study as manifest in your resulting artefacts and research.
The module is the culmination of all your preceding project work and represents a sustained and in-depth body of work using the relevant practical and research skills you have acquired during the course.
During the module you will continue to produce and refine your project work with relevent research supported by tutorials. You will work closely with your Academic Advisor and subject mentors to produce an appropriate 'exhibition' of your work alongside your peers. This negotiation of a coherent and well designed final presentation in exhibition form will be the focus of your group and team learning at the end of the course.
Module Additional Assessment Details
The exhibition or appropriate presentation of a resolved body of project work and research which relates directly to the aims and objectives identified in your Learning Agreement plus the presentation of the completed Project Logbook [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
75% course work, the exact nature and content being identified by the student, with appropriate staff help, in the Learning Agreement. It will take the form of practical work relating to artefacts and images plus associated research that underpins the project. It will be professionally displayed or presented in a public context, normally an exhibition.
[Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,5,7,9,10]
25% Project Logbook. This should demonstrate the resolution of your project ideas in relation to your aims and objectives. It should clearly identify your practical and research methods and demonstrate how you have used them to inform your Masters Project and the presentation of it. It should again evidence your ability to critically evaluate over a period of time your ideas and concerns. It should identify how and where the ten learning outcomes, outlined in your Learning Agreement, are manifest in your Masters Project work and final presentation. [Learning Outcomes 4,6,8]
To achieve a Pass
You must present a coherent resolution of your project as set out in your Learning Agreement. In particular the work should show that your own aims and obectives have been met and demonstrate a synthesis of the technical and analytic skills identified by you for your project resolution. You must demonstrate through the presentation of your work, an understanding of and a competence in exhibition protocols. Your Project Logbook should provide an informed and adequate response to your period of study.
To achieve a Distinction
You must fulfill all of the above and demonstrate an exemplary command of the resources you have employed, demonstrated through a level of excellence in the resolution of the project through exhibition. Your Project Logbook should be an exemplary presentation of your working methods, research and concerns during your period of study.