Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Specialist roles, skills, processes and audiences relevant to your discipline
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Employ relevant materials, media, techniques, methods, technologies and workshop skills
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Communicate and present ideas effectively to audiences across a range of formats
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Creatively problem solve ideas through observation and investigation
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 48 |
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Hall, Sean (2012). This Means This, This Means That: A User's Guide to Semiotics:. Laurence King Publishing.
Heller, Steven (2014). Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design.. Allworth Press.
Noble, Ian & Bestley, Robert (2008). Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methods in Graphic Design.. London: Bloomsbury.
Assessment
Formative
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: You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, crits and written feedback, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module.
- 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% |