BA Art and Design

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
1. demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the discipline;
2. use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.
• be able to communicate the results of their work;
• present a structured and coherent simple argument;
• be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the discipline;
• evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data;
3. demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with the discipline;
4. appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
5. demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries;

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
1. qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
2. skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;

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:
1. demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
2. work that covers a restricted area of the discipline;
3. demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies;