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ILL306: Research Experiment

Module Title	Research Experiment
Module Code	ILL306
Module Tutor	Kieren Phelps
School	Art and Design
CAT Points	30
Level of Study	6
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	None
Brief Description	Students develop their proposals from level 2 and apply extended research, with visual and cultural analysis, to write, illustrate and produce a research portfolio that critically analyses the development of their major project.
Indicative Syllabus	To engage with the wide range of visual cultural and media reference points introduced and explored at level 1 and 2. Selecting relevant and useful texts, ideas and approaches to analyse the development process and overall objectives of the major project as a research experiment. To demonstrate an understanding of what all visual texts communicate. Demonstrating a sustained ability to apply these ideas to the questions which arise from the practical and visual development process and those of their primary and secondary objectives and to communicate an understanding of the impact, implications and issues these ideas have in our contemporary culture. To demonstrate an understanding of the process of production and consumption of media texts and their role in constructing and shaping our understandings of ourselves, of other people and the context in which we experience the world. This allows for a flexible and rigorous approach to combine theory with a practical outcome. The project will take various forms but must involve a use of theoretical and visual research, a detailed critical analysis and evaluation of students practical work and be centered around a series of practical research experiments which identify specific research objectives. The practical research experiment agreed in advance in discussion with their module tutor will be informed by these objectives and will be referenced and informed by an extensive diverse and inclusive range of reading and investigation evidenced in a bibliography and written conclusion.
Learning Outcomes	i. Knowledge and Understanding By the end of the module students should: a) have gained an ability to look beyond their personal objectives and explore the cultural conditions from which a variety of visual media forms emerge; b) understand the constructed nature of all visual texts; c) be able to apply and focus a developing critical awareness of how visual media communicates; d) be able to communicate an understanding of the politics of representation, semiotics, ideology, hegemony, postcolonial and postmodern theory and the role of these theories for thinking about visual texts; e) be able to discuss and demonstrate an understanding and evaluation of the relationship between visual media and our sense of identity. ii. Skills Students should be able to demonstrate: a) an ability to apply visual analysis and deconstruct the communication process of visual texts; b) an ability to select apposite theoretical texts and apply them to their area of study; c) research Skills, both visual and text; d) written communication, organisation and presentation skills; e) an ability to make theoretical decisions about practice choices.
Learning and Teaching Activities	Staff/student contact time (e.g. tutorials, seminar and workshops): approximately 2% Independent study (e.g. preparing for and carrying out research for tutorials, seminars, draft and final manuscript): approximately 98%
Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide)	001: 100% Coursework: Research portfolio: 4000 words or equivalent
Special Assessment Requirements	None
Indicative Resources	The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.

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