Teaching and assessment

A variety of teaching methods are used, including:

• small group teaching
• one-to-one teaching
• supervised study
• seminars, tutorials
• presentations
• invited speakers and discussion groups
• lectures, workshops
• practical classes
• demonstrations

Our staff are involved in researching and making comics, and organise major comics conferences. The peer-reviewed journal Studies in Comics is also edited here.

The assessment methods used in this course include :

• essays
• creative work (optional)
• weekly journals
• presentations
• dissertations
• projects

Creative work may be submitted for some assessments, but the course does not assume or require any creative skills.

Dissertations and projects are supervised on a one-to-one basis giving you the opportunity to work on an area of comics study or creation of your own choosing (subject to approval by the tutor).