Visual arts practitioners in the 21st century are merging personal vision, socio-cultural concerns, studio practice and academic research into creative output that highlights the complexities of life experiences and charts new territories in the arts. In equipping students' artistic inquiry, this course introduces various research practices informed by practice-led research that are common in contemporary art and the design industry.

Such pedagogical approach aims at preparing students to set direction and methodological concern to their own research interests. Bringing research methodology into professional practice, students will go through the process of research and apprehend the significance of practice-led research in the context and currency of visual arts and academia.