Syllabus
Description
This course is aimed at the third year student who will soon face the need to define and execute his or her Final Year Project. The practical work is to develop a project plan (the FYP plan) and to understand critical project phases. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of time and resource constraints.
Field trips, topical lectures and guest speakers will be introduced throughout the course so that students may be exposed to examples of project conceptualisation, design and exhibition development in order to later develop a working proposal for their FYP.
Students will be able to understand their works in the terms of a project and use appropriate planning methodology. Students will be expected to develop a working proposal for their FYP project by the end of the term.
Assessment
Students will be assessed based on the following criteria: critical and interdisciplinary thinking; participation in class and discussion/activities and collaborative sharing/learning; ability to convey project clarity both visually and in writing; thoughtful originality; depth of research; self-driven learning.
Students are expected to produce the following during the course:
1. Their portfolio presentation: 20%
Students will learn about various presentation techniques by attending talks and lectures by professionals and academics from the field. Students will be expected to creatively apply what is learned to their own presentations. This portfolio will be developed on OSS.
2. Presentation and paper on a case study about the planning and project development for large scale installations: 20%
Students will analyze and learn about the planning and project development done for a large-scale installation in the history of contemporary art. They will do a case study on one of these projects by using book references and online resources. In their case study, they will need to demonstrate a clear understanding on various steps taken to develop a large-scale installation.
3. A formal presentation of project planning and concept development for their own project, its plan, documentation of the development and achieved goals. An important consideration is the project workbook and the development and attainment of milestones: 30%
4. Continuous Assessment 30%
Evidence of classroom activity and generally contributing to the learning environment, e.g. generating questions in group & class and stimulating group discussions.
Responses to assignments and readings (minimum one paragraph to be posted no later than midnight on Monday before the next class)
Students will be using the OSS (Open Source Studio) online platform to document assignments and portfolio throughout the term.