GA4022 - Communication Design Practice

Credit points:	15
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Available, at the discretion of the Head of College, to all students with a BCommunication Design or equivalent qualification undertaking the honours practice degree.

This subject is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of practice-based research and to enable them to further develop a highly focussed perception and advanced technical mastery within graphic design or illustration resulting in a body of work for exhibition and critical review.Learning objectives as for GA4021.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:	Distinction level in practice-based communication design subject and credit level in research-based communication design subject and permission of Head of College
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	GA4011 and GA4021

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Coordinator:	arlm
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