Furniture: Design and Make BA (Hons)

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Please note: This programme is subject to validation.The programme provides a work - related Honours top - up progression route from the current Foundation Degree in Furniture Design and Make. The programme will consist of two key elements focussing on independent and industry - linked projects.Independent (personal): Establishing a self - initiated brief through a significant written research project and directly linking this with a major design and make project. Modules will include Personal Project: Written and Personal Project: Design and Make.Industry - linked (professional): Developing links with industry and supporting them to build business and enterprise skills relevant to furniture designer makers. Modules will include Professional Development and Professional Design and Make (an industry linked 'live' project).Upon successful completion you will be awarded a BA (Hons) in Furniture: Design and Make from Oxford Brookes University.

Course information

Name: Furniture: Design and Make BA (Hons) Qualification title: BA (Hons) in Furniture Design and Making Qualification type: Undergraduate qualification Assessment The main aim of the programme is to develop graduates who are highly competent individuals with proficient knowledge in the discipline and professional skills for a career in furniture designing and making.The Rycotewood Furniture Centre at City of Oxford College has been actively engaged in the training and education of students entering the furniture industry for more than 70 years with successful delivery of higher education for over twenty years. In this time it has actively engaged with employers with respect to placement bespoke training and in seeking external advice in the design of its programmes. It has established a reputation beyond its local roots and enjoys a position of national pre - eminence in the field located in Oxford and close to the UK's traditional furniture - making industry of High Wycombe.ASSESSMENT METHODSStudents will be asked to participate in formative assessment procedures which require them to consider their own work against the agreed assessment criteria. This allows them to reflect upon their own practice with tutors and to take responsibility for acknowledging areas of strength and areas for further development in their work. All assessment is coursework or project - based. Awarding University of Manchester Created 20151124 13:24:03 Updated 20151124 13:24:03

Entry requirements

As this programme is subject to validation the UCAS code is not yet available. Please complete the enquiry form on http://www.activatelearning.ac.uk/he-furniture and we will contact you when the code is available.If you have any other queries please contact HE@activatelearning.ac.uk FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTStudents will have the opportunity to present design proposals and practical outcomes for formative and summative assessments.Formative assessment and feedback occurs formally and informally during every project. It could take place informally during individual and group tutorials or formally at set times including submission of a written project first draft or presentation of design concepts. The feedback is part of an essential dialogue between tutor and student about their progress indicating clearly opportunities to improve.Summative assessment occurs at the completion of each individual component of coursework. This involves the scrutiny of all completed project work submitted. The assessment criteria applied are clearly stated on the assignment briefs and in the programme handbook. Tutors will be looking for evidence that students have met the learning outcomes of the assignment and carried out all the elements of the required submission. It is on the basis of this summative assessment that a final grading is made for any module. Written feedback will be provided against each of the assessment criteria with clear links back to the learning outcomes for each module.FEESHome/EU fee: £7000 International fee: £8500 For more information please contact the HE Admissions Co-ordinator Sue Taylor on sue.taylor@activatelearning.ac.uk Equipment required As this programme is subject to validation the UCAS code is not yet available. Please complete the enquiry form on http://www.activatelearning.ac.uk/he-furniture and we will contact you when the code is available.If you have any other queries please contact HE@activatelearning.ac.uk FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTStudents will have the opportunity to present design proposals and practical outcomes for formative and summative assessments.Formative assessment and feedback occurs formally and informally during every project. It could take place informally during individual and group tutorials or formally at set times including submission of a written project first draft or presentation of design concepts. The feedback is part of an essential dialogue between tutor and student about their progress indicating clearly opportunities to improve.Summative assessment occurs at the completion of each individual component of coursework. This involves the scrutiny of all completed project work submitted. The assessment criteria applied are clearly stated on the assignment briefs and in the programme handbook. Tutors will be looking for evidence that students have met the learning outcomes of the assignment and carried out all the elements of the required submission. It is on the basis of this summative assessment that a final grading is made for any module. Written feedback will be provided against each of the assessment criteria with clear links back to the learning outcomes for each module.FEESHome/EU fee: £7000 International fee: £8500 For more information please contact the HE Admissions Co-ordinator Sue Taylor on sue.taylor@activatelearning.ac.uk

Provider

City of Oxford College
enquiries@cityofoxford.ac.uk
01865 550550
http://www.cityofoxford.ac.uk/

Address

Oxpens Road Town: Oxford County:Oxfordshire

Learning aims

Title: BA (Hons) in Furniture Design and Making Qualification: BA (Hons) in Furniture Design and Making Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing

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