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SYLLABUS
Creative Work in Wool, basic course , 7,5 ECTS Credits
 
COURSE CATEGORY   Fristående kurs
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY   Crafts
SUBJECT AREA  
  COURSE CODE   754G06
AIM OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should be able to
- use an experimental approach to using wool in creative work
- demonstrate knowledge of and use different methods of design in order to provide a basis for a personal idiom
- present and design product and product ideas in practice, which unite knowledge of materials, technical expertise and personal expression in working with wool
- be familiar with cultural history linked to wool and discuss fields of use related to our own time
- reflect on the creative process and present and analyse own and others' products in the field of wool.
CONTENTS
The course contains practical and experimental work with wool in different forms where technical expertise and personal expression are united. Included in the studies of wool are the physics, chemistry, maintenance and care of wool, as well as cultural history with an emphasis on human use of wool. Also included are exercises with colour, form and composition. The course includes product analysis, where the concept of quality is discussed and wool's fields of use in economic and ecological contexts. The students discuss the creative process and wool as a means of expression.
TEACHING
The working methods are student active where own creative work, studies and theoretical studies are integrated. The teaching takes the form of practical work, supervision, lectures, literature studies, study visits, seminars and presentations, both independently and in groups. Tasks are assigned during the course, and should be presented visually and orally at the course meetings.
EXAMINATION
The student's practical work is examined through oral and visual presentations. The literature is examined at a literature seminar. Also included is writing an individual discussion paper based on the contents of the course and the own development.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

GRADING
A grade of Pass with Credit, Pass or Fail is given for the course
CERTIFICATE
Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division.
COURSE LITERATURE
The course literature is decided upon by the department in question.
OTHER INFORMATION
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
 
Creative Work in Wool, basic course
Skapande arbete med ull, grundkurs
 
Department responsible
for the course or equivalent:
IKK - Department of Culture and Communication
           
Registrar No: LiU-2008/00111   Course Code: 754G06      
    Exam codes: see Local Computer System      
Subject/Subject Area : Crafts          
           
Level   Education level     Subject Area Code   Field of Education  
G1X   Basic level       ÖV  
The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2008-03-11