This module offers you the opportunity to consolidate the skills, knowledge and insights acquired in the award to date and to decide upon an area of practice that interests or concerns you and which may provide a sense of direction for your third year. Having nominated an area of interest you will carry out background research, investigating the feasibility of your plans, in terms of, for instance, access to particular locations or people, availability of specialist resources, or the costs involved in the production of your idea. You will negotiate your plans with your tutor and will produce an individual proposal for a project with a clear outcome, including a risk assessment, a detailed costing and an outline of anticipated difficulties and planned solutions. You will, as a member of a team, be involved in all of the planning and preparation for a public display of work, and you will document your contribution to the team effort in your workbook.

Zakia, Richard, Perception and Imaging, Focal Press, 2002 ISBN 024080466X
Wells,L (ed) Photography: A Critical Introduction. London, Routledge. 2004 ISBN 0 415 19058 4
Kivy, Peter (Ed), The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics, Blackwell, 2004 ISBN 0 631 22131 X

Lectures.
Group tutorials.
Individual tutorials.
Independent practice and experimentation.
Independent reading and research.

You will present a body of coursework for assessment, including:

A written proposal for a self-initiated project, including costings, risk assessment and plans [Learning Outcome 1].
A visual diary, documenting the background research [Leasrning Outcome 3,4]
A pictorial workbook evidencing the development of your work, as well as your personal contribution to the team effort [Learning Outcomes 2,3,4].
A professionally produced body of work, in a form fit for public display [Learning Outcomes 2,3,4].

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