MDCS40240 Development of Pictorial Thinking

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module is part of the Professional Masters in Child Art Psychotherapy. The module is delivered in Year 1. It
focuses on the development of theories of pictorial thinking through an exploration of the use of images to express
and understand inner mental and emotional states in pictorial form. It includes a series of lectures on the
contributions to pictorial thinking by 20th Century artists and art writers and examines the interaction between art
and psychoanalysis.
100% attendance is expected, but 80% attendance is the minimum attendance required to achieve credit for the
module. Absences must be discussed with the module coordinator or course lecturers, who will require supporting
documentation (e.g. medical certificates). Students who miss part of the module may be asked to do a further piece
of work in remediation.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The students will be competent to interpret and contextualise images in a wide variety of applications.

Indicative Module Content:

Development of theories of pictorial thinking through an exploration of the use of images to express
and understand inner mental and emotional states in pictorial form.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

14
Autonomous Student Learning

111
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Blended teaching and learning approach 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Written submission of no more than 1,500 words based on the previous weeks Individual Presentation. Week 15 Graded Yes

70

 Yes
Assignment(Including Essay): Presentation about a selected image from a group of unseen images.
Those Images are released on Bright space 48 hours ahead of the Presentation date.		 Week 14 Graded No

30

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Catherine Marshall Tutor