Bachelor of Arts Honours in Graphic Design

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Select an appropriate method and procedure for area of specialised investigation that will accommodate both the portfolio and dissertation.
• Communicate and motivate the choices, methods and processes, both intellectual and practical and explain relevance within the contemporary context of culture and design.
• Source, adapt and generate new ideas about design form, functions and methods.
• Compile a multi-media presentation that exhibits competence in academic methods.
• Apply key intellectual tools to own design practice and contemporary issues and imperatives.
  • Range: Research, critical thinking, logic, analysis, interpretation and comparison.
• Write a research proposal.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Demonstrate an understanding of academic research, with a specific focus on art and design.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of an identified area of specialisation in Graphic Design.
• Apply appropriate research methods for identifying, gathering and interpreting existing and new knowledge.
• Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information for research.
• Write a journal article indicating the ability to apply curriculum content to personal and professional output.
• Write up the research in an academically acceptable format.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Demonstrate an understanding of academic research, with a specific focus on the visual arts.
• Generate ideas, concepts, proposals, solutions and designs, independently and/or collaboratively, in response to self-initiated activity within the identified area.
• Apply appropriate advanced technical skills, technologies and research methods for identifying, gathering and interpreting existing and new knowledge in the development of design solutions.
• Contextualise the practical portfolio by linking it to own written dissertation, current thinking and practice.

Integrated Assessment:

• Midrand Graduate Institute practices an integrated system of assessment, in terms of which learners are assessed on an ongoing basis.
• Both formative and summative assessment methods are used.
• Learners are required to complete class tests, assignments (including practical work and projects) and examinations, the results of which count towards the final mark for each module.
• The components of the final mark are determined separately for each module.
• The lecturer/s responsible for a particular module is/are appointed as internal examiner/s for that module.
• Internal examiners are responsible for marking all assessments related to the module for which they are responsible.