Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module contains the practical reality of visual and digital communications- culture and educational practice in working life. The main component is an internship of minimum 13 weeks in a relevant company, organisation or institution where the student collaborates about a professional task drawing on NoVA related knowledge, skills and competences from the programme. The purpose is to provide concrete experience with and insight into work-life. The student writes a report (15 pages) that reflects the academic intern experience theoretical and methodical. 

The project module revolves around an academic internship or a project and includes methodology, project management and supervision. The project module can form the empirical basis for the master thesis.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Through the module, the student must gain knowledge and understanding of:

• How does methods and theory meet practice especially focusing on professional visual communication and/or digital communication and/or art education practices and initiatives in relation to issues in private companies, organisations, institutions and civil society
• Disciplinary and transdisciplinaryissues related to collaboration in practice
• The professional competences needed in the field

Skills

The student must through the module acquire skills in:

• Describe, analyse and evaluate different professional visual communication and/or digital communication and/or art education practices and initiatives in relation to issues in private companies, organisations, institutions and civil society
• Evaluate scientific and problems and solutions in practice based on theories about and methods for identifying, analysing, conducting and evaluating projects
• Communicate scientifically based insights to peers and non-peers
• Choose, decide, plan, conduct and evaluate visual communication and/or digital communication and/or art education in practice related to problems in private companies, organisations, institutions and civil society

Competences

The student must through the module acquire competences for:

• Initiate, and conduct disciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration for investigating visual communication and/or digital communication and/or art education drawing on creative problem solving in practice
• Engage in and manage complex and unpredictable working situations and development that requires creative problem solving and unconventional solutions drawing within the field of visual and digital communication and art education
• Collaborate and communicate with peers and non-peers  
• Take on a professional responsibility for engaging in professional and transdisciplinary collaboration
• Reflect critically about the implications of own professional development

Type of instruction

Reference is made to §17.

Exam

Exams

Additional information

The criteria of assessment are stated in the  Academic Policies and Regulations (Aalto)