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This course will provide students with the opportunity to engage in a collaborative placement project with an external partner within/relevant to their field of study. Students will produce an individual project on a topic agreed with the subject area/supervisor/placement provider, alongside a developed piece of academic writing contextualising their research and its relevance in the context of the curriculum/relevant professional arena.

6 hours project supervision

100 hours placement

Successful completion of Junior Honours in Creative Arts and Industries and completion of Junior Honours Applied Dissertation with Placement core course (GENERAL9129)

Dissertation with Placement in Creative Arts and Industries (40 credits)

Dissertation in Creative Arts and Industries (40 Credits)

Dissertation in Creative Arts and Industries (20 Credits)

Practice Research Dissertation in Creative Arts and Industries (40 Credits)

Practice Research Dissertation in Creative Arts and Industries (20 Credits)

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Option 1:

■ Detailed outline of proposed project completed in Junior Hons Applied Dissertation core course (950 words) - 10%

■ Placement Journal entries, each describing a different occasion where students have demonstrated and developed specific skills, linked to GU Graduate Attributes) (1200 words) - 15%

■ Project Output (exhibition; catalogue; film; installation; performance; database; business report; consultation project; policy briefing) - (25%)

■ Academic write-up incorporating analysis of project and critical/theoretical framework (3000 words) - 50%.

Option 2:

■ Detailed outline of proposed project completed in Junior Hons Applied Dissertation core course (950 words) - 10%

■ Placement Journal entries, each describing a different occasion where students have demonstrated and developed specific skills, linked to GU Graduate Attributes) (1200 words) - 15%

■ Academic write-up incorporating analysis of project and critical/theoretical framework  (4000 words) - 75%.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:

■ engage in a collaborative placement project with an external partner, within/relevant to their field of study 

■ develop an individual project on a topic agreed with the subject area/supervisor and external placement provider

■ develop planning and time-management skills for a programme of independent research and placement activities

■ develop the capacity for independent research and writing

■ engage with theoretical and practical knowledge of the chosen area of inquiry / relevant professional arena

■ develop Graduate Attributes and enhance students' perspectives on their graduate employability

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ discuss and evaluate, at an advanced level, a particular topic in terms of subject- specific context/theories

■ employ skills learned within the academic curriculum as part of a placement in the practical and professional arena

■ plan for, and carry out, an efficient programme of well-managed independent research and placement activity/output

■ synthesise and write up independent research findings and material

■ analyse crucial terms of discussion and incorporate relevant critical and theoretical approaches into the written and practical components of their project

■ analyse the findings/outputs of their chosen project within the context of their relevant academic field

■ comment on their individual Graduate Attributes and ways in which these have been developed on placement

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.