Modules

You will study the following modules as part of the MDes Global Design programme. Each module supports the iteration of an idea through which students set an intention to challenge existing political, social, ethical and economic systems. Semester 1 In Semester 1 you will undertake two integrated parallel modules: ART7777 Change through Design (40 credits) ART7771 Context and Methodologies Part 1 (20 credits) These modules are co-dependent, providing you with the theoretical and conceptual models that enable you to yield informed, critical understanding of Global Design in practice. Change Through Design will invite you to explore provocative counterfactuals that challenge our tendency to predict the future on the basis of statistical trends. Change Through Design will fully examine the “what ifs” that allow us to better understand the way in which we perceive the possibility for actions in the present. We consider how we might invigorate a change through the examination of a range of Methodologies that promote responsible engagement in human action. Semester 2 In Semester 2 you will undertake two integrated parallel common modules: Idea and Contexts. ART7773 Idea (40 credits) ART7772 Context and Methodologies Part 2 (20 credits) These modules are designed to support continued advanced scholarship to contextualise and put into action the research proposal you developed in Semester 1 in relation to global, ethical, social and political concerns. As the possibilities explored in Semester 1 evolve toward more concrete intentions, the Idea module opens opportunities to consider the relationality of Global Design. Such relationships will be explored, in part, through collaboration with Masters students from other arts programmes, offering exchanges and interactions that can enrich and make our own practice of design distinct. In tandem with Idea, you will study the Contexts module, in which you examine the paradigms, influences, enablers and boundaries that help to determine the agency within our idea. The synergies afforded by these modules avoid the tendency to simply apply methods to actions. Instead, we expect you to test out novel approaches that disrupt, rethink and refashion the traditions of design research. The techniques and tools you employ must contribute to an understanding - and even re-imagining - of how our ideas contribute to shared values for living - from local to global. Semester 3 In Semester 3 you will undertake one module: Output. The module is comprised of two integrated written and practice-led activities equivalent to 60 credits. ART7774 Output (60 credits) Output represents the culmination of your Masters level research project and study. It consolidates your research findings through the realisation of your major project to form a curated exhibition (June/July) and a written paper or article. (September). Throughout Output you will be expected to present, communicate and disseminate your central ideas, methods and findings from a position of informed critical evaluation. The assessed outputs are expected to be practical artefacts, plus a substantial body of supporting professional documentation that clearly demonstrates the highest level of appropriation of research, methods, skills, and processes. Output is primarily self-directed, supported by regular individual and group tutorials, mentoring, and student-led seminars that leverage discussion and criticality on the values, principles, practices and processes that are embodied within their projects. To achieve this, students will be expected to consolidate their findings from other modules and to communicate them to a specified academic and non-academic audiences through appropriate modes. Exit points On completing 60 credits in total students may be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate. On completing 120 credits in total students may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma. On completing 180 credits in total students will be awarded a Master's Degree

Assessment method

The learning outcomes are assessed within the modules through a variety of methods including essays, presentations and project work etc, as seen in individual module descriptors. Assessment takes place at strategic points in the academic year to enable and support your continued development. Group critiques and tutorials offer continuous feedback opportunities. Peer and self-assessment is used extensively.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS