MDS-40016 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will help you to develop creative pre-production skills and equip you with the knowledge and capacity to devise, theorise, and plan a full-scale media project (suitable for the option module MDS-40015). Working under the supervision of a specialist tutor, you will have the opportunity of identifying a topic and planning for a major media project. You will undertake specialist research, technical training and undertake review of existing creative practice in your chosen area/theme. The assessment will help you get familiar with industry format pitching and project development processes. Overall, this module will help you acquire crucial skills in media practice research, creative pre-production and project development.

To enable postgraduate students to develop a sustained professional practice by researching and planning a major media/cultural project.
To utilize professional practical techniques within a theoretical/intellectual framework.
To develop a media project informed by current theories from the field of media and cultural studies such as those relating to globalisation, postcolonialism, etc.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Devise, theorise, and plan a creative media/cultural project drawing on theories and texts related to postcolonialism and/or globalisation and/or a related area: 1,2
Undertake research and critically evaluate the work of other media/cultural practitioners within the context of their own concepts and ideas: 1,2
Evaluate critically their own concepts, ideas and professional practice: 1,2
Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of contemporary media/cultural practice and theory: 1,2
Engage with issues related to globalisation and/or postcolonialism and/or a related area: 1,2

Study hours

10 hours orientation
10 hours direct supervision
70 hours conceptualising and planning
70 hours researching
70 hours independent studio/lab work (during this time, staff will be on hand informally to provide advice and guidance)
70 hours writing up

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment