Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6503CFDG-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To offer students the opportunity to propose and undertake an individual programme of study relevant to a future within professional practice or postgraduate study related to graphic design and/or illustration.
2. To examine contemporary issues and explore potential future developments within the profession.
3. To examine the relationship between portfolio presentation and students' individual ideology and/or future career aspirations.
4. To support independent, self-directed study.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Propose and develop self-directed projects that engage with a distinctive agenda for their future.
2.
Formulate creative and imaginative responses to self-initiated or self-directed projects that acknowledge professional constraints.
3.
Demonstrate a critical and professional application of skills, techniques and working methods relevant to contemporary graphic design and illustration practice.
4.
Design and present a coherent portfolio of finished coursework that reflects a distinctive agenda for their future.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Learning agreement.
2. Students are asked to develop projects that explore a distinctive agenda for their future. This can be based on personal interests and/or career aspirations, and can range from issue-driven artistic approaches to industry focussed set briefs.
3. Project work is discussed, agreed and supported by a supervising tutor.
4. Portfolio design, presentation and self-promotion issues are discussed during portfolio reviews, PDPs and tutorials .
5. Web skills workshops support the production of the online portfolio.
6. Professional practice lectures and supporting activities.
Additional Information:This module gives students the opportunity to undertake a self-initiated and/or self-directed project relevant to their career aspirations and/or personal interests. The module encourages students to evaluate presentation options to synthesise the body of work completed at Level 6 into a coherent online portfolio.