The subject will encompass the fostering of individual strategies and work practices appropriate to an individual requiring a high level of creative independence balanced by the maintenance of positive student/supervisor relationships; the application of methodologies which thoroughly integrate practical and theoretical concerns and bring them to fruition; the enhancement of ongoing and appropriate learning strategies to creative practice; the ways and means of applying and consistently developing technical mastery towards a body of work designed for critical review; the provision of sound strategies for independent visual research, its collection, processing applications and destination; the presentation of the processes of art production, the nature of the codes and conventions and key theoretical influences at work in visual images, art works and architecture.