Modules

Term 1 In Term 1, you take Interrogating Your Practice and Deconstructing Assumptions, which focuses on building tools to critique and rethink your own practice and methods. You explore techniques, collections, and environments while engaging with new ways of thinking to expand your ceramics and glass practice. You also choose a Platform aligned with a small research-led group, working through tutorials, workshops, site visits, seminars, and critiques to develop experimental, self-directed work. Term 2 In Term 2, you take Developing Methodologies, which centers on researching and experimenting with themes in material culture through a ceramics and glass lens. You use the lines of enquiry developed in Term 1 and in your Platform to build a coherent methodology and write your proposal for the Independent Research Project. In Term 2, you also take Urgency of the Arts school-wide unit that explores how arts and humanities practice can respond to urgent sociopolitical issues through workshops and specialist-led discussions. Term 3 In Term 3, you take Independent Research Project, which enables you to produce a body of work for exhibition, reflect critically on your practice, and produce a Print-Ready Portfolio. You receive support from staff to navigate the conceptual, material, and professional demands of presenting your work publicly. AcrossRCA (Terms 1 & 2) During the first two terms, you participate in the AcrossRCA college-wide unit, collaborating with students from other programmes on a self-initiated themed project that addresses cultural, social, environmental or economic issues.