Profession and process (5 cr)

Objective

You know how to create contacts with people and enterprises that are useful and necessary for your professional work and career.

You are familiar with the professional field of costumier/costume designer as a freelancer or in the service of a company/organisation.

You understand the designer’s work as a process from ideas to script and further on to the final product that can be a unique stage costume, music video, advertisement, dance production, theatrical performance, television program or a movie.

You learn to deepen your professional knowledge through company visits.

Content

What type of jobs, work tasks and working environments are available in the field of performing and digital arts?

What tasks and roles do professionals have in these jobs and environments?

What is the costume design process?

What knowledge, competences and skills are required in these jobs?

Course material

Study materials are provided by the teacher in class or via the Learn platform.

Study forms and methods

• The course is carried out by way of contact teaching on Kouvola campus according to a weekly schedule. Remote participation is not possible. Scheduled contact lessons are not recorded nor duplicated by online lectures. Some lesson activities are carried out in company visits Participation in simulation company visits is mandatory.
• Students make progress by attending scheduled lessons and completing tasks and assignments individually or in groups. The course consists of [insert number here] lessons and individual and small-group assignments. In addition, a project assignment/practical exercise/simulation exercise/demonstration of competence must be completed.
• The teacher provides guidance during and after contact lessons and during company visits
• The assessed assignments are completed independently/in groups/in pairs.
• Feedback is provided by different methods, in writing and/or orally.
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RDI and work-related cooperation

Guest lectures will be given by representatives from the world of work.
Company visits are made and/or simulation exercises are performed.
The assignments are based on the needs of operators in the field.

Timing of exams and assignments

There is no exam in this course.

The course entails weekly individual/pair/group assignments

The end date of the course is presented in the course details. The student must submit all assignments by the deadlines given in the course.

International cooperation

The course uses international examples of the worklife.

Student workload

• 1 ECTS credits equals 27 hours of work by the student.
• In a 5-credit course, the student's total maximum workload is approximately 135 hours including lessons, group work and independent study.

Course part description

Phase 1: Theatre work
Phase 2: Dance and freelance work
Phase 3: TV and film
Phase 4: Digital productions

Further information

The course involves company visits which cause moderate travel costs. One of the tasks during the course is to see a theatre performance, which adds some costs for the students.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The student’s performance is assessed with reference to the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course.
Grading scale 1–5