Module Descriptors
STUDIO PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT
FINA50198
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Sarah Key
Email: S.R.Key@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 60
Independent Study Hours: 240
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 70% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 1,2
- REFLECTION - 1800 WORDS OR weighted at 30% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 3
- REFLECTION - 6-8 MINUTE VERBAL PRESENTATION weighted at 30% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 3
- COURSEWORK weighted at 70% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 1,2
Module Details
INDICATIVE CONTENT
- Explore and test creative ideas.
- Develop an individual line of enquiry that builds on what you have learnt in Level 4.
- Generate a body of artwork, taking creative risk to challenge your existing knowledge and to extend the depth and scope of your artistic practice.
- Expand your understanding of practical approaches to art making.
- Critical reflection, that supports your verbal and written communication skills.
- Independent and peer to peer engagement in the studios and broader learning environment.
- Develop an individual line of enquiry that builds on what you have learnt in Level 4.
- Generate a body of artwork, taking creative risk to challenge your existing knowledge and to extend the depth and scope of your artistic practice.
- Expand your understanding of practical approaches to art making.
- Critical reflection, that supports your verbal and written communication skills.
- Independent and peer to peer engagement in the studios and broader learning environment.
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Assessment 1: Coursework:Evidence of artistic practice
This will consist of a body of practical artworks, presented in your studio space, along with relevant supporting material. Supporting work might take the form of sketchbooks, notebooks, material tests, or other forms of practical experimentation, depending on your own artistic practice. The artworks produced should show progression and development from the artworks produced on the previous module.
Assessment 2: Reflection: Practice in Context document
Option 1: This will consist of a digital file (for example, a PowerPoint or PDF) that combines images of your work with reflective writing about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15 and 20 slides, with a word count of 1800 words.
Option 2: This will consist of a verbal presentation that includes images of your work with reflective commentary about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15-20 slides and last no more than 6-8 minutes. A reference list will be supplied to accompany presentation.
Formative Assessment:
Midway formative feedback will be embedded within practical sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support student development and progression.
This will consist of a body of practical artworks, presented in your studio space, along with relevant supporting material. Supporting work might take the form of sketchbooks, notebooks, material tests, or other forms of practical experimentation, depending on your own artistic practice. The artworks produced should show progression and development from the artworks produced on the previous module.
Assessment 2: Reflection: Practice in Context document
Option 1: This will consist of a digital file (for example, a PowerPoint or PDF) that combines images of your work with reflective writing about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15 and 20 slides, with a word count of 1800 words.
Option 2: This will consist of a verbal presentation that includes images of your work with reflective commentary about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15-20 slides and last no more than 6-8 minutes. A reference list will be supplied to accompany presentation.
Formative Assessment:
Midway formative feedback will be embedded within practical sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support student development and progression.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Group critiques
External Visits
Practical classes and workshops
Online resources
Group working
Seminars
Tutorials
Group critiques
External Visits
Practical classes and workshops
Online resources
Group working
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Apply knowledge and skills to produce a creative project that responds to contemporary ideas within Fine Art.
Knowledge & Understanding
2. Solve discipline-specific problems using evidence-based approaches; use more ambitious experimental processes and creative risk-taking through material inquiry to develop your artistic practice.
Application & Problem Solving
3. Reflect critically on the development of your emerging Fine Art practice.
Reflection
Knowledge & Understanding
2. Solve discipline-specific problems using evidence-based approaches; use more ambitious experimental processes and creative risk-taking through material inquiry to develop your artistic practice.
Application & Problem Solving
3. Reflect critically on the development of your emerging Fine Art practice.
Reflection
RESOURCES
https://www.youtube.com/@uniofstaffsstudentlife/videos
University Careers https://staffs.careercentre.me/Members
University Library https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/library
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant
Specialist Spaces etc.
Smart Zone
CAD Labs
Print Bureau
Betty Smithers Design collection
University Careers https://staffs.careercentre.me/Members
University Library https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/library
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant
Specialist Spaces etc.
Smart Zone
CAD Labs
Print Bureau
Betty Smithers Design collection
TEXTS
Bishop, C. (2005) Installation art: A critical history. London: Tate.
Hudson, S. P. (2021) Contemporary painting. New edn. London: Thames & Hudson.
Phaidon Editors (2021) Vitamin D3: Today’s best in contemporary drawing. London: Phaidon Press.
Whitechapel Gallery (2008–2022) Documents of contemporary art (series: Materiality, Moving Image, Systems, Information, Animals, Destruction, Boredom, Queer, Craft, Practice, Work, Science Fiction). London: Whitechapel Gallery; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.
Magazines and online sources to be regularly consulted:
Art Monthly
Art Forum
Art in America
Flash Art
Frieze: Contemporary Art & Culture
Hudson, S. P. (2021) Contemporary painting. New edn. London: Thames & Hudson.
Phaidon Editors (2021) Vitamin D3: Today’s best in contemporary drawing. London: Phaidon Press.
Whitechapel Gallery (2008–2022) Documents of contemporary art (series: Materiality, Moving Image, Systems, Information, Animals, Destruction, Boredom, Queer, Craft, Practice, Work, Science Fiction). London: Whitechapel Gallery; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.
Magazines and online sources to be regularly consulted:
Art Monthly
Art Forum
Art in America
Flash Art
Frieze: Contemporary Art & Culture
WEB DESCRIPTOR
Ready to push your creative practice further and define your own direction? In this module, you’ll develop an individual line of enquiry that builds on your Level 4 learning, generating a body of artwork through experimentation and creative risk-taking. Through practical making, research, and critical reflection, you’ll deepen your understanding of artistic approaches while strengthening your communication skills. Working independently and collaboratively in the studio, the module supports your progression towards confident, self-directed creative practice.