Course: Professional Development/Theory-Student Guidance GI credits: 5

Level Orientation (semester 1-2): The student shows insight into the nature of the profession and the tasks, and sensitivity and potential for the continued acquisition of the competences. 

2. RESEARCH AND REFLECTION 

The student is able to critically and from multiple perspectives consider their own work and working method and that of others. This allows the student to deepen their own design or artistry, make it more layered and position. 

The student has a curious, inquisitive, and entrepreneurial attitude towards other perspectives, work practices, and ways of thinking. By sharing findings with fellow students and with the professional field, the student also questions their own ways of thinking, working methods, work and positioning.  

3. CONNECTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT 
The student takes position as an artist/designer, both in terms of content and relation, in the (international) contexts in which they work. 
 
The student seeks connections with the environment in the students own way for the benefit of the work and the work process, as a method of artistic research. 
The student can allow perspectives of others into the work and work process and is touched and inspired by them. These can be, for example, current developments in society, activities of fellow makers or sources from the past. 

Artists/designers work in relation to and together with others. Collaboration, exchange and communication are crucial in the work process. The student actively seeks connections with others in order to advance their work. The student has insight into various forms of (collective) partnerships, both within and outside their own field. 
In collaborations, the student can make an appropriate contribution and make their own voice heard, and deal inclusively with the different roles, relationships, motivations, responsibilities, interests, voices and specific qualities.