BA Art and Design
Year 3
(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to: 3.1 understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge of the academic and professional competencies of art and design some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in the discipline; 3.2 deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry to inform the scholarship and practice of contemporary art; 3.3 demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument through a written research report or dissertation; 3.4 describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship related to the management, technology and/or cultural understanding of art and design; 3.5 appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations in developing new concepts for individual art and design practices and context; 3.6 make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources to inform both written and practice-led outcomes; 3.7 apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project specific to the programme discipline; 3.8 adjust to professional boundaries and context of contemporary art.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied; - the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;- work that draws on a wide variety of material;- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.