Course: Graduation Thesis credits: 5

Course code
ADVM22GT2
Name
Graduation Thesis
Study year
2022-2023
ECTS credits
5
Language
English
Coordinator
M.W. Kaldenhoven
Modes of delivery
  • Graduation project
  • Individual supervision
  • Peer feedback
  • Supervision
Assessments
  • TEST-01 - Assessment

Learning outcomes

 The graduates of the study programme MADtech, Painting and iRAP demonstrate:  

 
Experimenting, Innovating & Researching
  • results of experimental and practice-based investigations into methods, devices and concepts that question the technologically mediated relationship with society through a well-documented research process.
  • the ability to independently investigate his/her own content (interventions, context, motives, topics and themes), used technology or working methods for the purpose of developing the work.
 
Theories, Histories & Cultures
  • the ability to position, by means of a written thesis, his/her own artistic practice in relation to existing and new theories and ways of thinking concerning the related and developing practices of (interrelational (iRAP)) media, art, design and technology as well as to broader cultural, social and theoretical contexts relevant to the work.
  • to contribute with the developed work and thesis to professional knowledge concerning the related and developing practices of media, art, design and technology in particular and the international art practice in general. (MADtech and Painting)
  • to contribute with the developed project and thesis to professional knowledge concerning the related and developing practices of interrelational in particular and the international art practice in general. (iRAP)
 
Re-thinking, Considering & Interpreting the Human
  • the ability to reflect critically, both in the thesis and in a public presentation, on
    • the semantic possibilities of his/her own collected material and work.
    • the personal working method, development and applied methods.
    • overcoming problems of stagnation in the working process as a whole.
    • the way technology can be used and artistically explored to interpret, imagine and change the human interaction with a transforming world.
 
Communication, Collaboration & Interdisciplinarity

MADtech and Painting
  • the ability to present his/her own artistic vision in a written and illustrated thesis using a form that is appropriate to the work and research framework.
  • the ability to discuss and indicate in clear terms, both verbally in a public presentation and in writing through the thesis
    • the artistic choices.
    • the artistic aims and theoretical starting points of his/her own work.
    • the desired position to assume with regard to general and professional audiences.
iRAP
  • the ability to reflect critically, both in the thesis and in a public presentation, on 
  • the semantic possibilities of the project. 
  • the personal working method, development and applied methods.  
  • overcoming problems of stagnation in the working process as a whole. 
  • the way interrelationality can be used and artistically explored to interpret, imagine and change the human interaction within a specific context. 


Communication, Collaboration & Interdisciplinarity 
iRAP
  • the ability to present their own artistic vision in a written and illustrated thesis using a form that is appropriate to the project and research framework. 
  • the ability to discuss and indicate in clear terms, both verbally in a public presentation and in writing through the thesis on 
  • the artistic choices. 
  • the artistic aims and theoretical starting points of their own project. 
  • the desired position to assume regarding general and professional audiences. 

 

Content

Graduation Thesis
At the end of the programme, the students present a thesis that demonstrates a critical, reflective attitude regarding their own work, and indicates the specific position the students wish to assume with this work in relation to the surrounding culture and art world. The thesis demonstrates the capacity to analyse, critically review and reflect, and reveals the investigative attitude of the student. 
 
The instructional modes are graduation project, individual, intervision, supervision. Active attendance and participation are mandatory to receive a total of 5 EC, which include Presentation and Content. 

 

Included in programme(s)

School(s)

  • Minerva Art Academy
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