Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- plan strategies to evolve your digital skills in line with your discipline’s expectations
 
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- generate ideas through enquiry and analysis of selected research material
 
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the fundamental principles, processes and methods core to your discipline
 
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- test a range of ideas whilst experimenting with techniques and processes
 
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- problem-solving skills to solve well-specified problems in the creation of computational artefacts
 
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours | 
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 248 | 
| Teaching | 42 | 
| Total study time | 290 | 
Resources & Reading list
                                      Textbooks
                                
        
        
        
        
  
        
        
        
        
Levin, Golan & Brain, Tega (2021). Code as a Creative Medium: a handbook for computational art and design. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Boden, Margaret (2018). Artificial Intelligence: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Winfield, Alan (2012). Robotics: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class Exercise
- 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 | 
|---|---|
| Learning journal | 25% | 
| Portfolio | 75% | 
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution | 
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 75% | 
| Learning journal | 25% |