Programme Specifications

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Education Studies

September 2023

• To provide students with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the complex body of knowledge associated with Education

• To enable students to critically engage with the key issues and current research in Education.

• To enable students to critically reflect on and manage their own learning and performance;

• To provide students with an opportunity to acquire the employability skills and personal attributes and values that are necessary for employment, training, or further education.

The programme endeavours to:

•          provide a knowledge and understanding of Fine Art, beginning with a general introduction to a broad range of traditional media, a limited range of processes, and fundamental concepts of artistic practice, and moving progressively to more specialised, comprehensive, and deeper study of the same

•          provide a range of core and optional modules permitting the pursuit of a variety of alternative courses and pathways towards a focused and intensive investigation of two-dimensional studies in Fine Art (Drawing, Illustration, Painting, Photography, and Printmaking)

•          develop visual literacy, beginning with prescriptive and project-based inquiry leading to self-directed and self-reliant study

•          provide an education and training that combines a practical and conceptual elements, wherein drawing as a prerequisite skill

•          develop an awareness of the nature of aesthetic sensibility; and artistic creativity, imagination,  innovation, and identity

•          appeal to students who intend to be professional artists but also for those who wish to pursue an education through Fine Art

•          provide an academic and vocationally-orientated education, covering traditional and contemporary mediums and processes, concepts, theory, and cultural issues

•          develop of an awareness of the relationship of art history and visual culture to the student’s Fine-Art practice (in Part 1)

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•          develop fundamental and generic academic study skills, and moving progressively to more demanding skills specific to the discipline and the allied study of Art History

•          develop a self-critical and diagnostic disposition to work

•          develop a notion and practice of scholarship relevant to the discipline, including: knowledge and understanding of methods of historical, theoretical, and critical writing, issues and concepts

•          develop fundamental and generic skills in Information Technology appropriate to generic academic study, and moving progressively to more demanding skills specific to the discipline and its professional and vocational contexts

•          develop career awareness and prepare students for a vocational practice of Fine Art

The programme aims to:

• Offer sound training in the subject of Fine Art.

• Provide opportunities for students to develop knowledge, understanding, and proficiency in a broad range of media and processes, starting with drawing as a prerequisite skill, and the fundamental concepts and key skills of artistic practice.

• Provide opportunities for students to develop specialised proficiency in the offered discipline(s) of their choice.

• Offer a flexible curriculum with a variety of pathways.

• Encourage students to develop their aesthetic sensibility, creativity, curiosity, and artistic identity.

• Provide opportunities for students to develop a broad range of subject-specific and transferrable skills that will equip them for further study and/or their future career (in particular as fine artists, art educators, professionals in the heritage sector, and cultural industries

[the programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, skills, qualities and other attributes in the following areas]:

The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, skills, qualities and other attributes in the following areas:

• A1 To understand the structure and development of the Education system within the UK and internationally and to be aware of assessment systems in place at each phase of the Education system.

• A2 To understand how learners’ physical, intellectual, linguistic, social, cultural and emotional development can affect their learning

• A3 To be aware of methods of safeguarding children and to understand a range of professional frameworks.

• A4 Understand a range of strategies to establish a purposeful learning environment and promote good learning, achievement and behaviour.

• A5 To be aware if the interdisciplinary nature of ICT and digital competency

• A6 To be aware of the SEN code of practice for Wales and to be aware of strategies to support learners

• A7 To understand the practical and ethical issues when working with and researching children

• A8 To understand and evaluate issues relating to learner well-being and health.
  

Learning and Teaching

The above learning outcomes are developed through the following:

• Lectures 

• Seminars 

• Individual tutorials 

• Group work 

• Personal research 

• Workshops 

Assessment Strategies and Methods

The learning objectives will be assessed via the following:

• Written assignments 

• Examinations 

• Placement Portfolio 

• Undergraduate Dissertation 

• Posters 

• Oral Presentations 

• Teaching/ Lesson Plans 

• Interactive artefacts 

Only the following outcomes in bold points are relevant to this programme:   

A1   Perform specific skills in traditional and contemporary media and processes, and comprehend their nature and technique, and the relationship between materials, media and process, ideas and issues.

A2   Speculate upon the nature and purpose of art, and the relationship of personal practice to that of others, and the context of artistic practice though an engagement with Art History

A3  Creatively and imaginatively conceive, produce, promote and disseminate artefacts for intellectual and aesthetic contemplation

A5 Varieties of graduate employment, and professional and vocational practice in Fine Art and/or Art History

Teaching, learning and assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated:

One-to-one tutorials, group studio sessions, group tutorials, student-led presentations, demonstrations, workshops, tutor-led seminars, tutor & student led seminars, lectures, computer-aided (virtual teaching) sessions

 Assessment:

Knowledge and understanding of:

• A1 A broad range of traditional and contemporary media and processes: their nature and techniques, history and development, and the relationship between materials, media and process, and ideas and contexts.

• A2 One or more disciplines in depth, informed by staff practice and research, and/or study of the School of Art’s museum collection.

• A3 The ​fundamental issues, contexts, concepts, theories, and debates (historical, contemporary, cultural settings) in art and visual culture.

• A4 The foundations of art history as a critical and historical way of interpreting works of art and visual culture, and knowledge of the art and visual culture of specific periods, movements, mediums, genres, and places from the medieval to the present day​.

• A5 The contemporary art world and cultural industries, including the variety of opportunities for graduate employment; the significance of the work of other practitioners; major developments in current and emerging media and technologies; the role and impact of intellectual property; and the issues which arise from the creative practitioner’s relationships with audiences, clients, markets, environments, users, consumers, and/or participants.

  Learning and teaching methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved:

• 1:1 tutorials

• Small group tutorials and crits

• Group studio sessions

• Seminars

• Lectures (synchronous and asynchronous)

• Workshops

• Guided independent practice

• Guided independent research

  Assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be demonstrated:

• Portfolio

• Exhibition

• Professional projects

• Essays

• Dissertation

• Seen and unseen examinations

• Visual analysis

• Object study

• Reflective writing

• Slide test

• Presentation (live and recorded)

• Exhibition project

• Critical journal

• Book review

• Literature review

• Annotated bibliography

• Essay plan

10.2.1 Intellectual skills

By the end of their programme, all students are expected to be able to:

• B1 Analyse and interpret a range of academic texts and government documents

• B2 Critically evaluate a range of source materials

• B3 Apply theory to practice

• B4 Understand a range of learning and teaching styles

• B5 Communicate knowledge to others in written and spoken forms

Learning and Teaching

The above learning outcomes are developed through the following:

• Lectures

• Seminars

• Group work

• Personal research

• Workshops

Assessment Strategies and Methods

The learning objectives will be assessed via the following:

• Written assignments

• Examinations

• Placement Portfolio

• Undergraduate Dissertation

• Posters

• Oral Presentations

• Teaching/ Lesson Plans

• Interactive artefacts.

10.2.2 Professional practical skills / Discipline Specific Skills

By the end of their programme, all students are expected to be able to:

• C1 Demonstrate the ability to understand the diverse learning needs of learners and evaluate how to provide the best possible education for them to maximize their potential, whatever their individual aspirations, personal circumstances or cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic background;

• C2 Understand the role of multi-agency approaches to supporting learners.

• C3 Be aware of, and work within, the statutory framework relating to their responsibilities

• C4 Understand and apply psychological theories of learning and teaching

Learning and Teaching

The above learning outcomes are developed through the following:

• Lectures

• Seminars

• Group work

• Personal research

• Workshops

Assessment Strategies and Methods

The learning objectives will be assessed via the following:

• Written assignments

• Examinations

• Placement Portfolio

• Undergraduate Dissertation

• Posters

• Oral Presentations

• Teaching/ Lesson Plans

• Interactive artefacts.

10.2.1  Intellectual skills

 Only the following outcomes in bold points are relevant to this programme:   

 B1  Visual skills: to observe, record, analyse, translate, develop, and communicate

B2  Academic skills: to perform research and inquiry, identify, redefine, and solve problems

B3  Cognitive skills: Critical, evaluative, descriptive, interpretative, conceptual, speculative, divergent, and diagnostic thinking

of study, and received information with informed opinion

B5  Communication skills: for formal writing to perform research and examination assignments, and oral capacities for group discussion and individual/group presentation

 Teaching, learning and assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated (examples):

 one-to-one tutorials, group studio sessions, group tutorials, student-led presentations, demonstrations, workshops, tutor-led seminars, tutor & student led seminars, lectures, computer-aided (virtual teaching) sessions.

 Assessment (examples):

 Portfolio, exhibition, professional projects, essays, dissertation, examinations (seen and unseen papers) object studies, computer-aided learning tests, slide tests, and written project.

10.2.2   Professional practical skills

 Only the following outcomes in bold points are relevant to this programme:   

C1      Produce an material artefacts for presentation in a public context

C2      Present an academic paper in a public context

C3             Promote and oneself (as artist/art historian), disseminate material in gallery and museum context; develop and produce written artefacts suitable for publication in art journals

C4      Audience awareness, and how to negotiate client/audience relationships

C5      Produce written artefacts suitable for museum and gallery catalogues and installations

 Teaching, learning and assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated:

One-to-one tutorials, demonstrations, and workshops

 Assessment:

10.2.1 Intellectual skills

• B1 Creative skills: creatively and imaginatively conceive, produce, promote, and disseminate artefacts​.

• B2 ​Visual skills: close and systematic visual examination, informed by appropriate knowledge of materials, techniques, and cultural contexts; clear and precise description, using ordinary and specialist terminology as appropriate and demonstrating awareness of the inherently translative relationship between the visual and the verbal; technical evaluation of artefacts considering materiality, production, methodology, and cultural context.

• B3 Interpretive skills : discern and explain the meaning and significance of works of art created by oneself and others, drawing on close observation, personal response, knowledge of techniques, relevant theoretical and methodological debates, historical context, and contemporary relevance; produce logical and structured narratives and arguments, supported by relevant evidence.

• B4 Cognitive skills: find creative solutions to aesthetic, practical, and theoretical and problems; generate ideas independently and in response to set briefs; make connections between intention, process, outcome, context, and methods of dissemination; evaluate and apply a variety of theoretical perspectives; analyse arguments, tasks, and bodies of evidence, breaking them down into, and effectively dealing with, their component parts.

• B5 Open-mindedness: be open and receptive to new things and ideas; identify the merits of unfamiliar arguments or cultural artefacts and the merits or shortcomings of familiar ones; appreciate and evaluate divergent points of view and to communicate their qualities.

10.2.2 Practical skills

• C1 Making skills: develop a body of ambitious studio work through experimentation, technical innovation, and independent reflection on making in the creative translation of ideas into practice, drawing on research on historical and contemporary contexts, technical skill and knowledge in traditional and contemporary processes, and selecting and using materials, processes, and environments.

• C2 Presentation skills: present bodies of work professionally and effectively, demonstrating awareness of audience and contexts; present and promote oneself as a creative professional; write text for a variety of purposes to support one’s artistic practice.

• C3 Communication skills: communicate information, arguments, and ideas cogently and effectively within a range of discourses as appropriate to particular audiences, and in written, spoken, or other form using appropriate visual aids and information technology resources; particular abilities in the deployment of visual material in conjunction with written, oral, and other forms of communication; the ability to listen effectively, and to participate constructively in discussion and debate.

• C4 Research skills: capacity for critical, effective, and testable information retrieval and organisation; ability to design and carry out a research project with limited tutorial guidanc

By the end of their programme, all students are expected to be able to:

• D1 Demonstrate independent working and thinking

• D2 Research, assimilate, select and organise relevant academic material

• D3 Evaluate key theories

• D4 Work as part of a group

• D5 Communicate to a range of audiences

• D6 Demonstrate effective time management

• D7 Demonstrate critical self-reflection

• D8 Argue coherently by analysing evidence and applying logical thinking

Learning and Teaching

The above learning outcomes are developed through the following:

• Lectures

• Seminars

• Group work

• Personal research

• Workshops

Assessment Strategies and Methods

The learning objectives will be assessed via the following:

• Written assignments

• Examinations

• Placement Portfolio

• Undergraduate Dissertation

• Posters

• Oral Presentations

• Teaching/ Lesson Plans

• Interactive artefacts.

Only the following outcomes in bold points are relevant to this programme:   

D1      Identify and solve problems creatively, and think and act in appropriate ways in particular contexts

D2      Deploy appropriate conventions of argument, development, and written and oral presentation, and stylistic sophistication to express oneself in a clear, informative, and purposeful way

D3      gather, organise, and evaluate information methodically

D4      Read closely, and recall and apply the knowledge gained

D5      think divergently and understand varieties of value systems and ideology

D6      Principles of conducting discussion: speaking, listening, weighing arguments, and direction, form and substantiate opinion

D7      Use information systems and retrieval: physical and electronic libraries; web sites; and physical and virtual galleries and museums, and as a means for the electronic processes of writing, data-base management, communication, and presentation  

D8      Methods for effective teamwork, time-management, project planning, and managing change, negotiation, and delegation

D9      Understand opportunities for careers in Fine Art and allied fields

 Teaching, learning and assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated (Examples): 

Transferable/key skills are generally incorporated within modules and assessed as part of the module’s learning outcomes (where appropriate). However, a number of these skills are specifically taught and learned within the context of study skill training modules at Level 3: AR31320 Professional Practice 1 (an optional module in this programme).

• D1 Autonomy: generate ideas, concepts, proposals, solutions, or arguments independently; develop an independent practice that is informed by, but not dependent on, the work of others.

• D2 Diligence: undertake and complete set tasks, whether routine and familiar or requiring the acquisition and application of new skills.

• D3 Time management and personal initiative: work to briefs and deadlines, including managing concurrent projects; take responsibility for one’s own work; reflect on one’s own learning and make constructive use of feedback; take shared responsibility for one’s own course of studies.

• D4 Teamwork: the ability to work constructively and productively in teams.

• D5 Critical engagement: formulate and articulate reasoned, independent judgements and arguments, supported by analysis of evidence and experiences, and informed by, but not dependent on, the ideas and arguments of others.

• D6 Problem solving: identify, analyse, and creatively solve problems individually or as part of a team.