(Award available for year: Master of Arts)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- critically and creatively evaluate current issues, research and advanced scholarship in digital communication design;
- demonstrate specialist knowledge and mastery of techniques applicable in the field of digital communication design;
- exhibit mastery in the exercise of subject-specific intellectual abilities needed in digital communication industries;
- demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of digital communication techniques applicable to their own research;
- take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;
- proactively formulate ideas and hypotheses and develop, implement and execute plans by which to evaluate a design project.
Masters (taught), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self-direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- virtual working and communicating skills in an international online community.
Achievement for the degree of Master (taught programme) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating and criticising received opinion;
- making reasoned judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.
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