Mastering the Arts
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ARTS4000 | Faculty of Arts | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ARTS4000
- School
- Faculty of Arts
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
Mastering the Arts is designed collaboratively across the Faculty of Arts. We examine a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to research at Nottingham. Topics include, for example, literature reviews, dissertations, collaboration, and public engagement, and all with an emphasis on the ability to work across disciplines as well as within them. The module thus aims to help students hone research skills that will support the rest of their studies.
Target Students
PGT (MA and MRes) students in the Faculty of Arts.
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 10 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Coursework 1: Portfolio
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The module’s key aims are these:To introduce the ideas, practices, complexities, and opportunities of interdisciplinary research in the arts.To enable students to practice critical self-reflection about the conventions and expectations of their own disciplines in relation to those of others.To train students in core research skills necessary for graduate-level study.To develop confidence in communicating research findings to non-specialist audiences.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding: Students will:
(1) develop an understanding of the value of interdisciplinary research;
(2) develop knowledge of scholarly conventions, processes and industry norms;
(3) develop an understanding of the norms and conventions of their own discipline through practices of critical self-reflection.
Intellectual Skills: Students will:
(1) learn how to critically evaluate secondary literature across disciplines;
(2) learn to consider the appropriateness of methods used in other disciplines as well as their own;
(3) learn how to organise arguments and communicate knowledge through a range of different formats.
Professional Practical Skills: Students will develop skills in:
(1) creating research posters for communicating research to wider audiences;
(2) surveying and evaluating critical writing;
(3) considering the needs of different audiences and stakeholders.