92912 EXHIBITION AND DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
99	92912 	S2  	D 	EXHIBITION DISS DEVELOPM'T	4.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

92910+92911

RATIONALE:

This  is the second unit of the research component of the MVA  and  is
designed to enable monitoring of progress.

SYNOPSIS:

This  unit will take the form of a coherent presentation of a body  of
work  in  progress  and  includes  an oral  presentation  and  written
component.

This  mid-course review will enable critique of research progress  and
is  concerned with the integration of all aspects of theory and studio
based research.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able
to:

1. demonstrate significant progress on their chosen dissertation
   topic;
   
2. present a well developed body of artwork relevant to the
   dissertation topic;
   
3. present a thorough review of existing literature related to
   and contextualized with studio research for their chosen
   dissertation topic;
   
4. define and demonstrate an exploration of methodology of
   research appropriate to their chosen dissertation topic.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

As this is a research degree both the visual studio and
written  research  topics  will  be  determined  by the
candidate  according  to  admission  requirements   and
refined in consultation with the supervisors.
The dissertation component can be made up of:

25%  dissertation  comprising  a  research submission of
a maximum of 15,000 words (75% studio based research);
OR
35%  dissertation  comprising  a  research submission of
a  maximum  of  20,000 words (65% studio based research)
This  is  a  continuation of the topic determined by the
candidate   according   to  admission  requirements  and
refined in consultation with the supervisors.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Seminars                                      	14
Private Study                                 	646

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              END SEM   SEE OTHER REQUIREMENTS                    100.00    N   N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    Students  will  be  required to present a comprehensive  work  in
     progress  seminar  including literature review,  visual  research
     methods and studio based research.
2    Students will be graded on a `Pass', `Incomplete', `Fail' basis.
3    Assessment   Details   Description:   Seminar   presentation   of
     dissertation and studio research in progress.