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MFC5053 - Contextualising Practice

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module is designed to familiarise you with visual research approaches in Photography, helping you to develop as an independent and original critical thinker.

You learn how to identify suitable topics for your research led practice project and to place them in the context of existing fields of knowledge and practice in order to frame pertinent research questions.

You engage with ethical issues in research and learn how to choose the most appropriate visual methods.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 25
Intended Group size: 15

Workshops
Hours: 15
Intended Group size: 15

Group Tutorials
Hours: 10
Intended Group size: 15

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Individual presentations – focus on identifying an appropriate topic and identifying key aspects of relevant photographic research.

Research Portfolio – A portfolio of related photographs (20 images) with 500-word supporting text overview, which underpins, frames and contextualises the photographs. The images will be thematic, technically proficient and presented to a professional standard (submission via photographic print or digital file).

Early Assessment: there will be a formative assessment within the first 4 weeks and this will help unpack the assignment details for the 1st assignment as well as guide and inform student preparation and help introduce the University grading system.

Assessment:

001 Individual presentation; 10 minutes; end of semester 1 40%
002 Research portfolio; 3,000 words; end of semester 2 60%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Liza Dracup
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL