2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

DESN5136M Final Major Project

60 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Kenneth Feinstein
Email: k.a.feinstein@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 May to 31 Aug View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The Final Major Project module allows students to create an extensive creative practice research project that showcases their unique creative skills. Students will be able to show their work through a public exhibition and develop skills in publicity and marketing. Work will be developed in relation to a students’ critical and contextual interests and will provide them with material to create a portfolio with which to launch and develop their future career.

Objectives

This module gives students the opportunity to:
-Create an extensive and individual body of creative art or design practice
-Reflect critically on this work
-Plan, prepare, and exhibit a selection of this work and consider all aspects of exhibiting including publicity and marketing

Lectures will cover aspects of exhibition design, project management, including teamwork, how to implement inventive methods and apply key issues and themes in contemporary Art and Design (environmental concerns, issues of diversity, underrepresented voices, speculative futures and how art and design can interpret the past) into a creative practice. Supervision will give students space to critically reflect upon their work and respond to feedback.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Employ speculative enquiry in the creation of a substantial creative outcome (either singular or a series ready for public exhibition)
2. Analyse the cultural, social, economic, aesthetic context in which the selected Art and Design approach is situated.
3. Apply, and present creative work in an exhibition

Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Students will be able to demonstrate skills in time and risk management
5. Demonstrate critical analytic skills in relation to the documentation of creative outcomes

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision	6	1.50	9.00
Lectures	3	1.00	3.00
seminars	4	3.00	12.00
Private study hours			576.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			600.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The teaching will be front-loaded with group work and professional practice sessions so that the students have a clear rationale and plan ready for the remaining studio time. Lectures will focus on issues of exhibition design, risk and time management and of writing for art and design. Formative feedback will be given via a series of seminars.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Portfolio of planning, development and documentation of resolved exhibited practice and substantial and developed contextual report.	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 13/05/2024 12:31:28

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