Studio Practice Courses are built around individually negotiated semester-long projects, based on the practice-led pedagogy employed by the School of Art. This course may be taken in any of the School's Workshops: Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Gold and Silversmithing, Painting, Photography and Media Arts, Printmedia and Drawing, Sculpture and Textiles. This 6u course allows students to carry out a small scale focussed, creative studio research project. 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Plan and manage a small scale studio based investigation.
2. Develop an experimental and analytical methodology.
3. Advance initial ideas using studio and allied research methods.
4. Reflect critically on their own work.
5. Articulate an investigation's key concerns and reference points.
6. Create a body of experimental objects or works.

Studio Practice Plan: 10% (due week 7) [Learning Outcomes 1 and 2]

Studio Practice Project: 70% (due week 15) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 6]

Studio Journal and critical reflection: 20% (reflection: 800 - 1000 words) (due week 15) [Learning Outcomes 4 and 5]

The Critical Reflection analyses and evaluates the project and relates it to its contextual framework.

Studio Practice courses are conducted at the School of Art in the relevant Workshop studios, or at other locations by agreement between the student and the Course Convenor. Students are expected to spend up to 4 hours per week undertaking the approved Studio Practice project and attend relevant seminars and critiques as specified by each Workshop. Students are also expected to spend up to 6 hours per week on reading and research, visiting galleries or on other visual and theoretical research. 

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Students are expected to have competence in the processes and techniques of the Workshop in which their project is situated, and a familiarity with Workshop tools and equipment.

The progressive outcomes of studio practice based courses are assessed by periodic critique plus review sessions and end-of-semester presentation to an assessment panel. Critique sessions will provide advice on work in progress in response to approved projects, reviews will provide indicative advice on a student's achievement, and the end of semester presentation will assess the final outcomes against the agreed requirements of course projects.