Credit Points: 45
Study Time: 450 Hours

Your Professional Project is the culmination of your creative and practical work on the course. This unit provides the opportunity to plan and develop the solution to a live or simulated brief in the form of a Learning Agreement. There will be an extended period of planning, at the beginning of the unit to enable you to thoroughly prepare for the execution of the Professional Project.

You will record the outcomes of the planning stage and your proposed brief for the Professional Project in a Learning Agreement. The brief will reflect both creative and technical standards and the areas of practice, which you are to concentrate upon during the Professional Project, and professionally after completion of the course.

The unit requires you to consider all logistical and organisational aspects of the self-directed project and to define your proposed solution in the Learning Agreement. The actual solution will then be realised for the Professional Project. You now have a concentrated opportunity to develop and produce the practical work required to the highest professional standard.

The project thus not only draws together your creative and practical knowledge and skills, but also presents your best possible work to a public and professional audience.

Outline Syllabus
(An indicative guide to the content covered by this unit.)

• Completing Learning Agreement 
• Managing and responding to professional briefs 
• Project planning and management 
• Costing and invoicing

Method of Delivery
Tutorials; research; independent study; studio practice; presentation.

Aims

A1 To consolidate your creativity and practical skills.
A2 To plan, develop and produce a professional standard of creative work in response to a "live" or simulated brief.
A3 To prepare you for employment, freelance work or progression to further study.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit you will be able to:

LO1 Demonstrate a professional standard of creativity and technical ability, including:

• Work that is technically comparable to that made within a specified genre
• Work that shows an awareness of contemporary trends, styles, and subject matter within commercial contexts
• Work that demonstrates a high degree of creativity and aesthetic judgement

LO2 Respond appropriately to the demands of a professional brief, including:

• Appropriate creative outcomes to your industry related brief

LO3 Demonstrate readiness for employment, freelance work or further study with confidence in the level of your creative, practical and professional knowledge and skills.

Reference Material

This will vary according to the needs of individual students. You will define reference material through negotiation with staff and list it in your Learning Agreement