Art and Design (3d Studies)

Assessment

• Component 1: Personal Investigation (60%) ◦ The Personal Investigation – two integrated parts: □ A major in-depth critical, practical and theoretical investigative project and outcomes based on themes that have personal significance; □ An extended written element of 1000 words minimum, which may contain images and texts and must relate to practical and theoretical work using an appropriate working vocabulary and specialist terminology. • Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (40%) ◦ Part 1 & 2: Preparatory study period and 15 hours of sustained focus work ◦ Externally set assignment. Responses take the form of critical, practical and theoretical preparatory work/supporting studies, which inform the resolution of ideas in the 15 hours of sustained focus study. Planning has to relate to the outcomes. The department has two extremely well-equipped “university-level” workshops and two design studios with the latest CAD/CAM. There is a blacksmith’s forge and outdoor project works. There are trips to design weeks and graduate shows. The department also has excellent links with Eindhoven’s Design Academy and Northumbria University, considered two of the best HE Design courses in the world.