Compulsory modules
Creative Production
The aims of this module are to:
- Support the development of core digital competencies for the creative production of visual outputs.
- Introduce core industry standard digital production skills.
Art and Design Research Writing
The aims of this module are to introduce students to methods of individually and collaboratively undertaking practical and theoretical art and design research.
Introduction to Contemporary Practice
The aims of this module are to:
- Introduce students to a variety of contemporary fine art processes and practices.
- Identify a framework for their individual practices that critically combines process, concept, and studio practice in the making of an artwork.
Process, Practice and Context
The aims of the module is to
- Develop students understanding of contemporary fine art processes, practices, and contexts.
- Develop a studio practice through engagement with peer and tutor feedback and contribute meaningfully to a learning community.
Writing for Practice
The aims of this module are to:
- Provide students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of how writing is used to frame art and design practices across diverse applications.
- Develop skills in academic writing and argumentation.
- Deepen understanding of the relationship between studio activity and scholarship.
Exploring Practice
The aims of this module are to:
- Encourage the students' exploration of the creative possibilities within making, process, and materiality, building upon their experiences from semester one.
- Enable students to undertake contextual research, examining the historical development and precedents of contemporary fine art practices, materials, and concepts that were introduced in the first semester.
Initiating Individual Practice
The aims of this module are to:
- Enable the development of students' ability to produce artworks, building upon the practical explorations undertaken in prior modules, in support of an emerging individual art practice.
- Enable students in conducting contextual research by exploring historical and contemporary fine art practices, materials, and concepts, with the aim of integrating this understanding into their own emerging individual art practice.
Applied Storytelling for Sustainability
The aim of this module is for students to
- Appreciate the narrative arc as a device for the planning and development of compelling stories.
- Introduce a range of participatory Storytelling techniques.
- Practice the planning, filming and editing of video, using post-production and animation techniques as appropriate.