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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Creative Futures: Professional Skills and Identifying Specialist Practice | |||
| Reference | AA1400 | Version | 1 |
| Created | March 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 7 |
| Approved | September 2023 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | ECTS Points | 15 | |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To achieve foundational skills and awareness essential to become a socially aware, environmentally responsible and reflective student learner, enabling transition to a chosen subject area in stage 2. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Identify attributes, behaviours and mindsets that will enable ownership of their development as an emerging creative professional. |
| 2 | Recognise resources within and beyond the University that support the development of professionalism and independent thinking. |
| 3 | Carry out reflective tasks that support a growing recognition of personal development as a creative practitioner. |
| 4 | Describe foundation level knowledge of the Creative Industries and the their own place within them. |
| 5 | Convey a foundation level knowledge of sustainability discourses. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| The module outlines the professional skills, knowledge and behaviours that students should begin to acquire at the start of their learning journey into art school, time studying at university level and beyond to a professional creative future. This includes and introduction to the creative industries and sustainable development goals. Group work and project delivery within the studio will support the student to recognise, define and describe transferable skills and behaviours that will enhance your creative practice. Practical inputs from a range of University resources such as the Employability Hub, Study Skills and Entrepreneurship and Innovations Group (EIG) will contribute to learning, and students will begin to become familiar with the infrastructure supporting professional creative practices. Reflective project work should evidence an awareness and consideration of sustainable themes in a manner appropriate to the context of the discipline. The Creative Futures programme supports Studio and CCS modules, creating a reflective conversation about a creative journey. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| The module will be delivered through a series of tasks, lectures, practical work, collaborative projects and reflective communication (oral and written) both within studio and as self-directed research. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 100 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 200 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 300 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Submission of online portfolio. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| In order to pass the module you must achieve a D or above. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | An A in C1 |
| B | A B in C1 |
| C | A C in C1 |
| D | A D in C1 |
| E | An E in C1 |
| F | An F in C1 |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Goins, J. (2017) Real Artists Don't Starve, Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age, Nashville USA: Thomas Nelson |
| 2 | Kleon, A. (2012) Steal Like an Artist, New York USA: Workman Publishing |
| 3 | Robinson, K. (2011) Out of our Minds: Learning to be Creative, Minnesota USA: Capstone |
| 4 | Tempest, K. (2022) On Connection, London: Faber and Faber |
| 5 | Basford. J, 50 This I Wish I'd Known in Art School, https://www.johannabasford.com/50-things-i-wish-id-known-in-art-school/ (Accessed 10 August 2023) |
| 6 | Available at: Louisiana Channel: Advice to the Young, https://channel.louisiana.dk/series/advice-to-the-young (Accessed: 10 August 2023) |