PH6000 - Major Project (2024/25)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | |||||||||||||||
| Module title | Major Project | |||||||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | |||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| School | School of Art, Architecture and Design | |||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 300 | |||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
Focusing on the students’ photographic and creative practice, the PH6000 Major Project module provides an opportunity for students to create a substantial final major body of work based on their individual creative identity and aligning to their aspirations for their future careers within the creative sector. In Semester 1, presentations, workshops, tutorials, group critiques and seminars support students to develop a proposal and plan outlining research and experimentation in order to initiate the substantial Final Major Body of Work.
The module requires students to critically consider their work in relation to method, medium and meaning, with reference to relevant theory, as well as traditional and contemporary practices. It aims to enable students to apply and consolidate key skills of interpretation and knowledge in the development of individual photographic practice and creative individual identity. Through critically evaluated research and testing, students demonstrate the application of the key skills acquired in the other subject specific modules in order to create a resolved Final Major Body of Work.
The module PH6000 Major Project is shared by, serves and sustains the awards in the BA Fashion Photography and BA Photography courses, delivered in a seamless and integral relationship with the work of other core modules being studied in the level, including the Critical and Contextual Studies modules.
Students are encouraged to act as critical and independent learners, taking increasing responsibility for the progress of their project work.
Prior learning requirements
Pre-requisite: PH5000
Syllabus
At the beginning of the module, its aims and key concepts will be outlined to all students. There are presentations, group critiques and tutorials that guide students in the planning, processes, practices and approaches necessary to commence a sustained engagement with developing a major body of photographic works to a professional standard and in a manner that addresses their creative and contextual concerns. Students will consider their preferred future professional trajectories and decide whether the final project will take the form of a single project or the development of a portfolio. Students will engage with practical and research based making processes aimed at exploring the boundaries and possibilities for this work.
At the end of Semester 1 students will show an illustrated presentation of their project work and its development an audience at a time appointed by tutors.
In the second semester students will engage with increasingly focused processes of critically informed testing, experimentation and research in order to iteratively develop and ultimately resolve their final work to appropriate professional standards.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Scheduled teaching provides the guidance and foundation to ensure that independent study is effective in addressing the module’s learning outcomes and assessment tasks.
In-class activity makes use of varied student-centred approaches such as active, flipped and blended learning, so that a range of learning strategies is deployed, and individual learning styles are accommodated. Information is provided through a range of means and sources to minimise and remove barriers to successful progress through the module. The course team seeks to embed the University’s Education for Social Justice Framework in fostering learning that is enjoyable, accessible, relevant and that takes account of the social and cultural context and capital of its students.
Activities foster peer-to-peer community building and support for learning. Interim formative feedback points help students to reflect on their progress and receive help to identify the opportunity for improvement in learning strategies and outcomes in developing the project work. Throughout the module, students build a body of work that responds to project briefs, including written reflections on progress and achievement.
Learning outcomes
1. develop a proposal and plan outlining research and experimentation in order to initiate a substantial Final Major Body of Work;
2. demonstrate and present an effective application and critical evaluation of focussed experimentation and research to develop a Final Major Body of Work;
3. demonstrate critical evaluation and effective application of focussed experimentation and research to consolidate a substantial Final Major Body of Work;
4. demonstrate the refined application of appropriate ideas, techniques and processes to complete a Final Major Body of Work to a professional standard;