Employing the Arts
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ARTS2001 | Faculty of Arts | 2 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- ARTS2001
- School
- Faculty of Arts
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module asks you to apply your Arts and Humanities knowledge to solve a problem for researchers, businesses or communities across the university and the city. The idea and methods that you have developed during your degree programmes are essential for changing the world in which we live and work. From the small-scale initiatives to the global, it is the unique capacity of the Arts and Humanities to understand people, processes and culture that enables us to make a difference. This module gives you a platform for this work, to develop your understanding of your degree programme and to demonstrate the range of careers open to you after graduation. You will work in an interdisciplinary team on a real project connected to impact, which we define as our ability to make change happen. These projects have been designed by individuals, groups and organisations that are looking to make a difference to our world. This might be about sustainability, business, equality, culture, politics or society, but the connection is our ability to create change. Teams will be issued with a project brief, guided through how to shape a project, how to work as a team and how to deliver results, thereby acquiring employment skills and experience to ensure you can make an impact with your arts and humanities knowledge.
Target Students
Open to all Arts students. Not available for students who are taking or have taken ARTS2000.
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop
- One 2-hour workshop each week for 6 weeks
- One 1-hour tutorial each week for 13 weeks
The module is delivered across the whole academic year with activities including workshops and tutorials.
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: Individual reflective
- 50% Coursework 2: Group project
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
The aims of this module are:To enable you to apply the ideas and methods of your degree beyond your degree programmeTo facilitate your interdisciplinary work and provide a means for you to collaborate with interdisciplinary teamsTo build your knowledge of how arts and humanities degrees are applicable to a range of careersTo connect you to ‘real world’ issues and to create employability skills that will support your careers after graduationLearning Outcomes
Individual reflection on learning and the development of knowledge and skills
Ability to develop and use an interdisciplinary analysis to address a set problem
Collaborate with others and form collective approaches
Communicate findings in formal and informal contexts for specific audiences
To be able to test ideas and approaches in actual settings
Application of arts and humanities knowledge to contemporary issues