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Students focus their practice and develop their studio work with a high level of independence. They deepen their understanding of their practice and its contextualisation, and develop appropriate skills, visual languages and methods of working to bring this work to resolution in a final exhibition. The work developed demonstrates evidence of sustained working practices and demonstrates a synthesis of knowledge, experience, invention and skills as a product of intention and outcome.

Students build on the individual framework established in AD6201, and focus on the realisation of a coherent and developed body of work, which should be seen as the resolution of issues identified and tested through previous modules. They develop their work through sustained individual studio practice, and research, supported through the study agreement, tutorials, seminars and study visits. There is a strong emphasis on both practical and conceptual issues that inform the final realisation of this work. A resolved body of work is produced in the form of a final exhibition which demonstrates a synthesis of knowledge, experience, invention and skills.

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. discuss content, form and methodology in their work;  recognise the need for synthesis of knowledge, skills, invention, experience and critical awareness in producing a body of work.
2. carry out thorough research, in both ideas and practice, as necessary in order to  realize a significant body of work, and to bring that work to resolution.
3. engage with, and locate their own work within, the contexts surrounding contemporary Fine Art practice.
4. demonstrate the professional management of all aspects of the selecting and mounting of an exhibition, including responsible health-and-safety practice.
5. show the self motivation and organization necessary to bring together a sustained programme of studio practice at level 6; recogniise  the ways in which their work and practice may be contextualised within relevant  professional practice and career paths.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.