AR982-7-PT-CO:
Work-Based Project
2020/21
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Spring Special
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Sunday 17 January 2021
Friday 02 July 2021
0
16 January 2020
Requisites for this module
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This module offers students the opportunity to undertake an extended work-based placement at an employer. During this placement, the student will work on a project on an area or issue defined by the employer as a priority for their organisation.
The project will give the student the opportunity to utilise and develop the knowledge and skills developed earlier in her/his master's course, applying them in a work-based environment and leading to the production of a substantive project report which will meet the University's academic requirements for a master's level project and support the placement provider in addressing the area/issue they identified at the start of the project.
The aims of the module are:
1. To provide students with the opportunity to undertake a significant work-based project, involving in-depth investigation at an advanced level of an area or of issue of relevance to an employer.
2. To provide students with the opportunity to apply and develop advanced level research skills at master's level.
On successful completion of the module, students will:
1. Have a critical appreciation of how advanced research skills can be applied to a specific issue or area identified by an employer.
2. Be able to apply advanced knowledge and research skills in order to analyse issues currently being experienced in specific organisational context, and to make recommendations on the basis of this analysis.
3. Be able to produce a significant and substantial piece of written work demonstrating critical analysis of a defined issue in a specific organisational context.
4. Be able to work effectively within an organisation, managing their time, activities and relationships with colleagues in order to address a defined project to an agreed schedule and deadline.
5. Be able to produce a significant and substantial piece of written work at an advanced level.
6. Identify, interpret and integrate information from a range of art historical sources, as well as sources from other disciplines, if appropriate.
7. Critically evaluate art historical concepts and models.
8. Select, reflect upon, justify and use appropriate art historical methodologies and practical strategies.
This module will only be available to those students who have received a Knowledge Exchange bursary through the University's Postgraduate Support Scheme. Such students will undertake the Work-based Project via a special syllabus, with the Work-based Project being substituted for the dissertation/project on their course.
The syllabus will be determined on an individual basis for each student on the basis of the specific Work-based Project they are undertaking. Each project will be subject to approval by both the employer providing the placement and the student's academic supervisor, in order to ensure that nature and content of the project both meets the employers needs and will ensure that the student demonstrates the module learning outcomes set out in the previous section of this form. A learning agreement signed by the student, the employer and the student's academic department will be completed for all students undertaking this module.
At the heart of this module will be the requirement that a student undertake an eight to 12 week placement with an employer. The precise duration of the placement will vary within this range, according to the precise nature of each individual project. The placement is a de facto period of fieldwork that will allow the student to investigate and address the area/issue identified in their specific placement, with the information gained from this period forming the basis for preparing the substantive outputs that will be assessed at the end of the module. The placement will normally take place during the summer term, and will be scheduled so as to avoid clashes with any examinations the student is required to undertake as part of their course (including for any modules the student is undertaking in other departments).
Each student will have both a work-based supervisor appointed by the employer, and an academic supervisor appointed by the Department.
Students will liaise closely with their work-based supervisor on a regular basis throughout the period of their placement, and as necessary after the placement has ended in order to allow the student to complete the assessed work for the module.
The academic supervisor will be appointed prior to the student undertaking their placement. The expectation is that the student will receive not less than four hours of direct supervision through the duration of the module, and will be available via email and phone as necessary during the period the student is on placement.
Additionally student attendance on placement will be monitored on a regular basis by the PSS Manager in the Employability and Careers Centre, and the PSS Manager will also be available to students throughout their placements to provide advice and support in relation to generic work-based learning issues.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Michael Tymkiw, email: mtymkiw@essex.ac.uk.
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spahpg@essex.ac.uk
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Dr H Camilla Smith
University of Birmingham
Lecturer in Art History
Available via Moodle
Of 113 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
113 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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