Professional Skills - Graphic Communication and Facilitation

1.5 EC

Semester 2, period 6

5224PSGC2Y

Owner Master Biological Sciences
Coordinator dr. Eleni Spyropoulou
Part of Master Biological Sciences, Master Earth Sciences, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Oncology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Cognitive Neurobiology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Psychopharmacology and Pathophysiology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Infection and Immunity, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Cell Biology and Advanced Microscopy, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Experimental Internal Medicine, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Molecular Neurosciences, Master Physics and Astronomy, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Physiology of Synapses and Networks, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Developmental and Therapeutic Biology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Medical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Cardiovascular Sciences, year 1

Course manual 2022/2023

Course content

In this course, professional artists with a science background will teach you the basic theory and skills required to let you produce visual communications that stick out from the grey masses. Of course, by the time you finish, you won't be an experienced artist yet, but you will have gained a basic toolkit allowing you to further develop your skillset.

Throughout the course, you will work on a personal project allowing you to bring your learned skills into practice.

Study materials

Practical training material

  • A drawing tablet is strongly recommended (from~€ 40; more expensive models provide more options)

Software

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (can be purchased via Surfspot) is the industry standard and strongly recommended; freeware alternatives (e.g. Inkscape, GIMP) acceptable.

Other

  • further materials will be available on the course Canvas page

Objectives

  • The student can apply basic rules of composition and use of light to produce professionally-looking graphics
  • The student can use graphical software to produce professionally-looking graphics and videos
  • The student can apply the theory behind graphic facilitation and recording to create visual stories (e.g. to guide a meeting towards a goal).

Teaching methods

  • Seminar
  • Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis
  • Supervision/feedback meeting
  • Self-study

Learning activities

Session 1 - visual thinking

Session 2 - poster making

Session 3 - digital graphics

Session 4 - video editing

Attendance

Requirements of the programme concerning attendance (OER-B):

  1. Attendance during practical components exercises is mandatory.

Additional requirements for this course:

All sessions are planned on campus, the question hours will be online (zoom). Participation during the four campus sessions is mandatory. If you are not able to join one of the sessions, contact the course coordinator to discuss your possibilities of passing the course (missing more than 1 session will result in a negative assessment (fail) of the course).

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

Final product

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Honours information

The Professional Skills- Graphic communication and facilitation credits do not count towards a cum laude degree

Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. Eleni Spyropoulou