BAFDT Programme Specification 2011.pdf - Arts University ...

O4O5O6O7O8Demonstrate a sound understanding of the broad critical and cultural debates surroundingfashion, and knowledge of the principles and methodologies which underpin them in relation totheir own practice.Select, evaluate and critically reflect upon a range of research in order to create effectivesolutions to complex challenges.Demonstrate competence in the advanced technical and written skills necessary forprofessional practice.Evidence your ability to manage your own role within a professional context.Demonstrate the academic ability necessary to progress to postgraduate study.Reference PointsUK Quality Code for higher education, including:• Subject Benchmark Statement: Art and Design• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)• QAA Code of PracticeAUCB Undergraduate Curriculum FrameworkUniversity College Learning and Teaching StrategyLearning, Teaching and AssessmentLearning and Teaching StrategiesThe course objectives are met by deploying a wide variety of teaching and learning methods includingprojects, lectures, seminars, group critiques and tutorials. In consultation with the Course Leader, staffare responsible for co-ordinating individual units of study, and for selecting appropriate methods ofdelivery according to subject matter and student experience.The methods employed induct you to the disciplines required of a creative practitioner and promotethe development of transferable skills.The study time allocated to each unit in the course incorporates a balance of formal teaching, tutorialsupport and independent learning. The course is structured progressively to provide increasedopportunities for independent learning as you reach the later stages of the course.The progressive promotion of independent learning reflects your anticipated maturity as a student andallows you to direct your learning towards individual goals. The teaching in Level 6 is directed atproviding you with the judgements necessary to take increasing responsibility for the management ofyour own learning.Teaching is directed at supporting individual engagement in learning although there will beopportunities for you to work in teams to enable you to learn the value of peer co-operation.The integration of theory and practice is promoted and reinforced through a team teaching approach.Lectures, seminars and tutorials may be delivered by team members, as appropriate, in the creativeenvironment of the studio.AssessmentEach unit is assessed separately, and the assessment forms part of the unit. Assessment bothprovides a measure of your achievement, and also gives you regular feedback on how your learning isdeveloping.For every unit of your course you will be provided with a Unit Handbook, which will state what you areexpected to learn within the unit; the work that you have to submit; and how it will be assessed. TheUnit Handbook will also give the deadline for presenting your work for assessment.