Communication Design Modules

Stage 4

Dissertation

USIT408 FoCI 4

Course Aims:

This course comprises the Honours Year submission to FoCI. The Dissertation is due into Term 2, and represents a substantive piece of critical inquiry and research commensurate with this level of study.

Aims 

  • To encourage an active engagement with source materials according to individual research interests and contemporary contexts 
  • To advance students’ confidence in taking critical control of their chosen topics 
  • To equip students with an advanced vocabulary to engage in discussion on issues of increasing relevance to their own studio practice 
  • To further develop the core skills required to formally present debate and discussion in critical, historical and cultural studies

Extended Critical Journal

USIT408 FoCI 4

Course Aims:

To encourage an active engagement with source materials according to individual research interests and contemporary contexts; to advance students’ confidence in taking critical control of their chosen topics; to equip students with an advanced vocabulary to engage in discussion on issues of increasing relevance to their own studio practice; to further develop the core skills required to formarlly present debate and discussion in critical, historical and cultural studies.