The module encourages and challenges you to make critical photographic projects responding to different subjects and contexts, focusing on process, audience and refinement of visual literacy. You will have the opportunity to participate in collaborative projects as well as work individually, building and increasing confidence in communication and working in partnership towards resolution. You will continue to use journals/workbooks/blogs as a means of analyzing your practice, context, research, critically reflecting on process and making evident your engagement with subjects and project themes.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
An appropriately planned combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, and reviews.
The module will make use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas for communication and dissemination of information between students and staff as well as making online learning materials available to all. Students should check this site on a daily basis for module information, timetables, sign-ups, updates and additional information and teaching materials.
All courses based in the Kingston School of Art offer students free access to the online video tutorial platform Lynda.com. This provides a wide range of subjects to choose from, many with downloadable exercise files, including software tutorials covering photography, graphics, web design, audio and music, CAD and Microsoft Office software, as well as courses on Business and Management skills. Some of these are embedded in the curriculum and offer additional self-paced learning, others may be taken at will by students wishing to broaden their employability skills in other areas.
| Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching | Lectures Reviews, seminars, presentations Taught studio practice, tutorials, exhibition visits, workshops | 100 |
| Guided independent study | Includes further independent exhibition visits and studio practice | 200 |
| Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 | |
Formative Assessment: Individual weekly feed forward tutorials will also enable reflection on process and practice. Notes will be recorded and consolidated on a feedback form, to be filled in by students during feedback tutorial.
Periodical group and peer review reflecting on individuals' progress and each student's understanding of the use of practical work and research and the creative development of ideas. This will be by a brief verbal presentation and print review made in response to the module demands. There will also be set individual mid-term folio-in-progress reviews.
Summative Assessment: A selected body of work consisting of two practical projects is augmented by a Research Log.
Group work will not be assessed. It is a method through which students learn, the results of which are integrated back in to individual practice. However, the student's reflection on this process may well be included in the work which is submitted for assessment.
| Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
|---|---|
| 1. Use the processes of photography practical work and research to work in more experimental and challenging ways within their chosen areas of practice. | Integral to the development of the student photographic practice is an exploration of different technical processes - acquisition of appropriate practical skill evidenced in students' portfolio and reflective journal which are formatively assessed at the end of TB1 and summatively assessed at the end of TB2. |
| 2. Demonstrate the ability to develop specific areas of photography practice and to further experiment whilst working within those areas of specialism with an awareness of visual and cultural context. | Formative and summative assessment will take into account individual progress and each student's understanding of practical work, aligned to research and the creative development of ideas, evidenced in the projects' outcomes and accompanying reflective research journals/workbooks/blogs. |
| 3. Show a deep understanding and applied appreciation of the relationship between photography, practical work and research. | Formative assessment given in tutorials and group reviews. Students' develop two portfolios of work and accompanying reflective research journals, workbooks/blogs in which the context, processes and documentation of the projects are compiled. Summative assessment will take place at the end of TB2, supported by a follow-up tutorial. |
| Demonstrate an increasing confidence and mature ability to successfully work both individually and collaboratively and to further develop and refine their skills and technical abilities and production processes. | Formative assessment through presentations, and tutor/peer feedback. Summative assessment and formal feedback on project work and production processes takes place at the end of TB2. |
| Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Coursework | 80% |
| Research log/journal | Coursework | 20% |
| Total (to equal 100%) | 100% | |
It is not a requirement that any element of assessment is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
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