Bachelor Degree with Integrated International Foundation Year (Design)

Year 1

Learning outcomes

On completion of the initial year of the Bachelor Degree with Integrated International Foundation Year (Design) you should have provided evidence of being able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of Design as an academic discipline;
2. understand basic colour theory in art and design practice;
3. understand abstraction and figurative and non-figurative composition;
4. understand the design process in relation to fashion, graphics and textiles;
5. appreciate contemporary, historical and cultural contexts in relation to their own emerging practice;
6. understand the properties of media when selecting design processes;
7. develop their own visual language;
8. understand the concept of perspective as a drawing device;
9. form logical arguments and make comparative assessments in the sphere of the visual arts and design;
10. make a formal presentation.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the initial year of the Bachelor Degree with Integrated International Foundation Year (Design) programme:

- Qualities and transferable skills necessary for further study in the Design area to which they are intending to progress, including knowing how to:

> conduct visual research from a wide range of primary and secondary sources including contemporary, historic and cultural contexts;
> organise and interpret art and design research material;
> identify materials and media used in the visual arts and design;
> interpret visual and written source material;
> comment on some aspect of art and design practice in order to appreciate the link between their own work and that of historic and contemporary artists and designers;
> assess visual information, ideas and intentions in a meaningful way;
> draw from observed sources;
> analyse and evaluate their own work;
> access the University library and computing facilities;
> work co-operatively as part of a team.

- Skills necessary for the successful collaboration, negotiation, communication and management of Design projects.
- Skills necessary for time management, collecting and evaluating information, effective reading, note taking, essay writing and preparing for examinations.
- Skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility and the management of own learning.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the initial year of the Bachelor Degree with Integrated International Foundation Year (Design) programme and will include:

- evaluating different ways of looking at art and design in relation to methods of art and design production, contextual issues and sytlistic forms;
- the production, organisation and editing of research material from sketch books, notebooks and journals;
- critical visual judgement and awareness of art and design in terms of its context and execution;
- studio based projects.