Module overview
In this module you will develop a major individual or team-based project in creative computing. You will explore critical issues, contexts and questions, using appropriate technical processes and platforms, to realise your ideas and research questions. You will consider and plan the installation, dissemination or exhibition of your project for an audience.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply reflection and critically evaluate to formulate your ideas and thinking from extensive research and investigation
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply appropriate rules and conventions in academic writing
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate sophisticated judgement, critical thinking, research design and problem-solving skills with a high degree of autonomy, and to create effective computational artefacts across complex and unpredictable circumstances
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how your practice relates to the professional and global context of your discipline
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- independently select and utilise techniques and processes to develop outcomes with professional levels of detailing and refinement
Syllabus
The module will focus on the needs of particular projects, with the syllabus supporting students in their research and project development skills.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
This module will be workshop-based and students will pursue their project ideas with support through tutorials, seminars and crits. Technical support will be tailored to the needs of particular projects.
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 248 |
Teaching | 42 |
Total study time | 290 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Projects can be individual or team-based. Assessment will address individual contributions and reflections on projects.
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Digital presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Reflective Journal | 25% |
Final project | 75% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final project | 75% |
Reflective Journal | 25% |