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Full Module Title:
MAJOR PROJECT
Short Module Title:
Module Code: Module Level: 6
Academic credit weighting: 45 credits. Length: 2 semester
School:
Media, Art and Design.
Department:
Design, Digital Media and Photography.
Module Leader: TBC. Extension: e-mail:
Host Course:
BSc(Hons) Photographic Science
Status:
Core.
Subject Board:
Pre-requisites:
None.
Co-requisites:
None.
Assessment:
5% Literature Survey
5% Project Proposal
80% project report
10% project log
Summary of Module content:
A major project in any area related to imaging systems, with a high technical content.
Module Aims:
• To carry through to completion the student’s Major Project as previously planned.
• To provide experience in working to a pre-planned brief with minimum supervision.
• To give the opportunity for a student to produce a high quality Major Project report suitable
for editing and publication.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module the successful student will be able to:
1. Develop research techniques and methods.
2. Research and produce a fully referenced Literature Survey.
3. Demonstrate skills in the writing of a project proposal.
4. Manage the completion of a pre-planned project according to imposed intermediate and final
deadlines based on the planning document from the project planning module.
5. Carry out the work within a planned budget.
6. Produce a high quality report document and any necessary visual material.
Indicative syllabus content:
• Students will write and submit a project proposal at the beginning of the third year. Based upon
feedback from staff, this will be revised for final submission halfway through semester 1. Once
the proposal is accepted, students will produce a literature survey to be submitted at the end of
semester 1.
• Students will be producing a plan for the project in the project planning module based on their
proposed subject area. It is expected that students carry out the plan produced in their Project
Planning module.
• Each student is allocated a member of the teaching staff as their project supervisor and is
required to consult that supervisor regularly as to the progress of the Major Project.
• A student will keep a log book in which brief notes of all project activities are recorded and
progress related to the plan. This journal forms part of the Major Project submission.
Whilst the Major Project can be in any area related to imaging systems, according to the project plan,
it is expected that there will be a high technical content to the work. Projects based on the production
of a portfolio of visual material will require both visual and technical excellence.
Students consult their supervisors early in the production of their final submission to ensure an
appropriate level is achieved.
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