Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture (D8JD1Q) CURRICULUM MODULE CODE MODULE CREDIT MODULE PURPOSE FIRST YEAR (120 credits) JDDM1Y1 12 Design Management 1 To develop fundamental knowledge of the role of design and manufacture in an economic system. JDDR1Y1 24 Jewellery Drawing 1 To develop fundamental techniques to use drawing as a design tool. JDJD1Y1 24 Jewellery Design 1 To develop fundamental techniques to design basic jewellery. JDJT1Y1 12 Jewellery Technology 1 To develop fundamental knowledge of materials, techniques and equipment required to make custom jewellery. JTJT1Y1 36 Jewellery Techniques 1 To develop fundamental techniques and skills to make basic jewellery. MDCS1Y1 12 Contextual Studies 1 The primary purpose of this module is to introduce students to the broad field of visual and design culture. It will enables art and design students to gain an awareness of academic practices, theoretical tendencies and discourses to ensure that their practice is critical and relevant. In this regard, basic understanding refers to practices of representation, perception and the construction of meaning. SECOND YEAR (120 credits) JDDM1Y2 12 Design Management 2 To develop intermediate knowledge of a retail manufacturing environment. JDGM1Y2 12 Gemmology 2 To develop intermediate knowledge of the properties of gemstones and the equipment used to identify, classify and distinguish these. JDJP1Y2 84 Jewellery Practice 2 To design and make custom jewellery with intermediate level technologies, techniques and materials. MDCS1Y2 12 Contextual Studies 2 The primary purpose of this module is to extend and build on the understanding of the broad field of visual and design culture provided in the first year of study. Practices and discourses of representation, perception and the construction of meaning sited within particular historical periods and linked to specific creative disciplines are emphasised. THIRD YEAR (120 credits) JDDM1Y3 12 Design Management 3 To develop advanced knowledge of design management. JDGM1Y3 12 Gemmology 3 To develop advanced knowledge and applied techniques in identifying gemstones. JDJP1Y3 84 Jewellery Practice 3 To design and make complex custom jewellery, using advanced technologies, techniques and materials. MDCS1Y3 12 Contextual Studies 3 The purpose of this module is to develop an understanding of critical theories of visual art and/or design, focusing on the issues of identity and subjectivity and applied to complex analysis and an understanding of visual art and/or design practice. Students are also expected to produce academic writing of a standard related to final year undergraduate study. 44 OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Programme and module outcomes and assessment criteria are available in separate internal faculty documents.
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