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MDCS40240

Academic Year 2023/2024

Development of Pictorial Thinking (MDCS40240)

Subject:
Medicine Clinical Science
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Aisling Mulligan
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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

25
Autonomous Student Learning

75
Total

100

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 Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Essay: 1500 Words Unspecified n/a Graded No
50
 Yes
Project: contributions by 20th century artists End of Year Transition n/a Graded No
50
 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
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?

Students are invited to contact the Programme Leader and their clinical supervisor (group) following receipt of grades to learn from their work

Name Role
Dr Catherine Marshall Tutor
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