Module overview
Bring together your practical learning in a single, self-directed, fully-resolved exhibition outcome which is well presented and articulate.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Communicate your ideas, research and proposals in a professional manner appropriate to the method, chosen topic or assessment
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Be resourceful, ethical and entrepreneurial to innovate and realise independent concepts and proposals to final conclusion
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The implications and the potential of key social, sustainable, and technological developments in your discipline to inform an influential final project
Syllabus
•encompassing the full range of knowledge and skills associated with contemporary art practice in an exhibited outcome, an installation, a single exhibit, or a presentation of multiple exhibits
•issues of presentation and audience as crucial considerations
•experimentation as a vital part of the work
•The continued development of your ideas, through tests and reflection, informing a project proposal, further discussion and reflection, and eventual realisation of the project
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
•Briefings, tutorials, group crits, workshop inductions and self-directed studio-practice
•Work in progress and outcomes are discussed individually with tutors, and in group crits and project reviews.
•Learning opportunities include lectures on practice from visiting artists, studio (peer-group) discussion and self-evaluation and leading your own Degree Show setup.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 48 |
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Crow, David (2003). Visible Signs, An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts. Bloomsbury.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Assessment is by exhibition in the studiosFormative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback on project briefs. You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, crits and written 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 |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |