University of the West of England

MODULE SPECIFICATION

(Revised November 2002)

Code: UAAACD-20-2

Title:

EXTENDED PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT AT LEVEL TWO

Version: 3

Level: 2

UWE credit rating: 20

ECTS credit rating: 10

Module type: Project

Owning Faculty: FCA

Field: Art

Field Leader: Mandy Ure

Faculty Committee Approval: Q & S Committee

Date: 2 July 2009

Valid from: September 2009

Discontinued from:

 

Contributes towards: BA (Hons) Photography

Pre-requisites: Photographic Project at Level One (UAAAC9-40-1) or equivalent

Co-requisites:

Excluded combinations:

Learning Outcomes:

To enable students to:

Knowledge and Understanding

i) relate research to the development of a project;

ii) show an understanding of the key issues affecting contemporary photographic practice;

iii) apply for themselves the accepted terminology and conventions in relation to the techniques covered;

iv) consolidate and extend ability and knowledge in the context of professional practices.

Intellectual Skills

v) generate and articulate ideas and arguments as responses to set briefs;

vi) employ rigorous thinking processes in the course of observation, investigation, reflection and production;

vii) understand the role of the audience and context in determining a project’s outcomes;

viii) formulate reasoned responses to critical judgements given by others.

Subject/Practical Skills

    ix) develop ideas through to material outcome giving rise to a coherent body of work;

    x) creatively employ photographic materials and methods that test preconceptions about the medium;

    xi) recognise the importance of presentation, context and design in photographic practice;

    xii) show a working ethos that supports own or group practice in relation to audience.

Transferable Skills

    xiii) demonstrate personal management skills such as time-management, self-evaluation, setting goals and working independently;

    xiv) anticipate, initiate, plan and progress projects, while accommodating changing practices;

    xv) identify key issues and problems in the realisation of projects;

    xvi) respond productively to the evaluative judgements of others.

Syllabus Outline:

Students will be required to further their understanding of photographic techniques that they will select for extended research. Students will apply their understanding of their accumulated skills to a project/s and integrate their critical and technical research into their working process. An agreed programme of work will be undertaken in negotiation with a member of staff.

Teaching and Learning Methods:

A series of workshops/demonstrations will run during the module to support the development of practical skills. Progress will be guided by a tutorial-led approach and the use of supporting material (which usually takes the form of a research file) will form a key part of the student’s learning. Assessment will be through the delivery of a project in response to a negotiated brief and the supporting material’. The contextual research includes the student’s project proposal and their response to peer and self-assessment tasks set throughout the module.

Assessment criteria (how learning outcomes relate to elements of assessment):

Students will be assessed according to their fulfilment of the learning outcomes in respect of the following criteria:

CRITERIA

Relation to learning

Outcomes

Source of evidence

i)           research information and demonstrate contextual understanding of the subject in relation to their own discipline;

i), ii), iii)

Project and supporting material

ii)          develop creative ideas through exploration of process;

iv), v), vi)

Project and supporting material

iii)         apply appropriate technical skills in the realisation of their ideas;

vii), viii), ix)

Project and supporting material

iv)         communicate a concept/idea through the development and presentation of a body of work.

x), xi), xii)

Project and supporting material

Reading Strategy:

The ‘Essential Reading’ is indicated to supplement student understanding of the subjects covered throughout the module. ‘Further Reading’ will guide students through their selected assessment topics and will therefore be based on student interests under the guidance of staff.

Indicative Sources:

Set Text:

None

Essential Reading:

Identified through student project development in consultation with staff.

Further Reading:

Identified through student project development in consultation with staff.

Assessment:

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 Project and supporting material 100%

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 Project and supporting material 100%

SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT (attendance at taught classes is not required)

Specification confirmed by…………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)

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