DA1D06 - Self-Directed Study 1: Let’s Play 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | DA1D06 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Self-Directed Study 1: Let’s Play | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Games and Design | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Design | ||
| Module Leader: | |||
| Module Team: | Deb Jones, Emma Marshman | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2024 | Final Year of Intake: | 2029 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 40 | Credit Level: | 4 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100059 - fine art | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2024 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2030 |
Module Aims
Teach skills of perception and interpretative approaches
Develop confidence, initiative and imaginative approaches to media and processes
Enable the generation of ideas, concepts, proposals, and solutions in response to set briefs and self-directed study
Enable critical engagement with the work of other practitioners, both past and present, in relation to own work
Develop skills in professional studies such as presentation, marketing and photography
Teach good practice in health and safety
Teach ethical practices when undertaking research and developing projects
Content Summary
This is a self-directed module in which the student must devise a project of their own and must have it agreed to by tutors.
Each student is required to work in media or medium of their own choice and agreed with lecturers in response to a broad project brief and the workshops previously delivered. The essence of the project must include initiatory research into ideas, processes, materials, and artists within the contexts in which each student decides to work. They must them develop an element of independence through which they will explore and further develop skills in the application of a range of processes and materials.
A key aim in this module, aside from the ability to devise and undertake an independent project, is the development of a personal visual language with which to investigate, analyse, interpret and articulate responses to a personally chosen subject matter, agreed with lecturers.
A digital visual journal will be used for primary and secondary sources, observational research, concept development, and critical evaluation of practice throughout the module, through which the student will document development.
The module will include external visits to museums and galleries, which will directly inform the research and critical understanding of each student’s practice.
By the end of the module, which will run for 12 weeks, the students will present a fully resolved, complex, conceptually underpinned, body of work in an end of year exhibition. They will then present their ideas and work to peers and tutors in a final presentation, discussing and evaluating starting points, influences, concepts and processes with an understanding of how they wish to proceed in year 2.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 |
| Seminars | 12 |
| Tutorials | 2 |
| Practical Classes and Workshops | 12 |
| Supervised Time in Studio/Workshop | 42 |
| Independent Study | 160 |
| Directed Study (including online independent learning) | 138 |
| Formative Assessment (Scheduled) | 2 |
| Groupwork | 12 |
| External Visits (including fieldtrips) | 12 |
| Problem/Challenge based learning | 4 |
| Total Hours Selected | 400 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Research, synthesise, and critique knowledge, underlying concepts, and principles of creative visual practice and theory both within and outside the context in which they were first studied. |
| LO2 | Analyse own and others’ practical and intellectual practices with a global focus and apply learning to the development of new understanding and ways of working. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Project Output 1 | Coursework and Visual Journal completed in response to project | 0 | N/A | 80 | No | 40 |
| Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment | Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 | Presentation of research topic | 10 | N/A | 20 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Project Output 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |