Compulsory modules

Negotiated Project

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to develop high level graphic design practice in a subject specialism.
  • Promote independent, creative, intellectual and professional enquiry.

Major Project

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to produce a substantial body of expert practice in a subject specialism.
  • Promote a culture of collaboration, enterprise and innovation.
  • Ensure students develop a professionally presented portfolio of work that is ready for exhibition beyond the studio.

Optional modules

Dissertation

The aims of this module are to:

  • Give students the opportunity to select, design and conduct independent research on a topic relevant to their creative practice, degree programme or career aspirations.
  • Equip students with the relevant skills, knowledge and understanding to embark on their independent research.
  • Enable students to develop their organisational skills in planning, time management, preparing and producing an extended written account of their work.
  • Guide students in developing a specialist understanding of their chosen topic and the communication skills to convey this understanding in a rigorous and compelling way.

Industrial Report

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide students with the opportunity to originate, negotiate and assume responsibility for the production of independent research in an area of industry related to their creative practice.
  • Enable students to identify and critically engage with specific concepts related to their area of industry through a rigorous exploration of its practical and contemporaneous framework: formal, social, cultural, political, environmental, technological and industrial contexts.
  • Develop organisational skills in planning, researching, preparing and revising a substantial piece of written work.
  • Enable the students to pursue an industry-focused route in a way that may enhance and inform their own studio practice.