2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

DESN1707 Drawing beyond itself

20 Credits Class Size: 80

Module manager: Joe Gilmore
Email: j.gilmore@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

The module offers propositions and skills for thinking through drawing in a broadest sense and beyond medium specificity. The aim is to question and examine drawing as a crucial activity and to provide students with an understanding of drawing as an expanded and interdisciplinary art and design medium.

Objectives

This module will:

-Explore and questions drawing as a broad analytical visual language,

-Allowing each studentto challenge their preconceptions and develop their unique approach and inquiry.

-Inform creative/intellectual development by understanding drawing as a crucial activity that can underpin and support art and design practices.

Workshops will allow for deep engagement with each of these objectives.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students will provide evidence of being able to:
1. Experiment with exploratory drawing approaches as a means to develop intelligent visual enquiry.
2. Demonstrate skills in visual analysis in relation to a range of drawing methods.
3. Demonstrate a personal visual response to individual concerns and skillsets.
4. Analyse the practice of established artists.

Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Present work clearly and effectively through written and visual documentation.
6. Apply critical analysis to speculative and investigational processes.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching Methods

Delivery type Number Length hours Student hours
Supervision 4 2 8
Practicals 6 2 12
Independent online learning hours 60
Private study hours 120
Total Contact hours 20
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) 200

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Supervision sessions provide formative feedback to students on their work as it progresses ahead of a final evaluation review. This includes the use of group discussion and feedback.

Methods of Assessment

Coursework
Assessment type Notes % of formal assessment
Assignment Portfolio 70
Assignment Essay (1500 words) 30
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) 100

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading List

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 9/24/2024

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