5 Courses
The final or second of two Practical Training referrals, students register this
course for work already completed during the Long Vacation. Students are given
two weeks upon resumption of academic work to submit a report on their
internship activities. This industrial attachment programme during the Long
Vacation exposes students directly to standards and expectations of employers
and clients. For Final Year students this is particularly crucial to their obtaining
quick job placement.
Students embark on yearlong Practice-Based or Practice-Led research project,
and submit an accompanying project report with APA referencing. Practice Based Research is an original investigation undertaken in order to gain new
knowledge partly by means of practice and the outcomes of that practice.
Students work on between fifteen and twenty world class print design projects
for the duration of the semester. The exception is made for video, animation or
motion graphics projects which could number from two to five ground-breaking
projects.
Professional survival requires building a client base, marketing your business and
protecting your work. Contracts lay out the services provided, project costs and
terms of engagement. Working without a contract exposes the professional to
liability and makes it difficult to enforce claims to money. This course seeks to
make students aware of legal issues that protect and constrain them. It gives
them basic legal tools to improve their negotiations with clients and regulating
agencies.
This course is designed to help our students to acquire a basic understanding of
accounting and finance that will enable them to use profit and loss statements
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balance sheets and cash flow reports as tools to help set budgets and control
costs.