This module is offered as an Elective in the graduate programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design and climate resilience. The purpose of this module is to offer students the opportunity to advance their skills and techniques in a range of complex digital media. For students of architecture, this elective responds to the expectation to develop "an ability to create architectural designs that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements" and "an understanding of the relationship between people and buildings, and between buildings and their environment and of the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale" (RIAI Standard of Skills and Competencies) as well as to "demonstrate proficiency in communication skills, design thinking skills, visual communication skills" (NAAB student performance criteria). For students of landscape architecture, this elective module contributes to addressing the following required 'areas of knowledge and skill' as set out in Appendix 1 of the Addenda to the International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA/UNESCO Charter for Landscape Architectural Education when implemented in the European Region: -"Knowledge of, and the skills to apply,...the use of Geographic Information Systems, and the use of computers in design and planning process."

This elective provides the theoretical framework, tool expertise and technical skill required to produce technically advanced and aesthetically meaningful representations in two- and three-dimensions. The elective aims at pursuing applied knowledge and developing skills to employ digital media (including photography and/or film) in the visual representation of ideas. The student will create a body of work through a process of composition and editing, layout and production (printing).

Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Discern and analyse technical features of digital imaging equipment; Employ advanced image processing software (Photoshop et al.) to create visual representations of ideas;

Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Follow complex (technical) instructions given through manuals and in tutorials; Discuss and critically evaluate the representation of ideas vis-à-vis their technical realisation on an advanced level;

Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Operate complex digital imaging equipment and make appropriate adjustments when indicated;

This elective module is delivered through a studio-based format, in a hands-on practical manner, with students engaged in active learning of new technical skillsets. Smaller classes allow for in-depth interrogation of the subject at an advanced level. Recent advancements in the field are incorporated through using the latest equipment and software available. Graduate elective modules may have a common brief and may share lecture/tutorial time with undergraduate electives. Compared to undergraduate electives, electives in the graduate programme pursue advanced research-learning, require additional module work, carry higher expectations and are assessed accordingly. Graduate student work requires independent study in addition to extra contact time. Higher-level expectations for graduate work include more in-depth pursuit of advanced technical, theoretical or practice-based concepts. Module work in graduate electives must establish a critical position that advances or challenges current practice. This elective develops a student's AGILITY in adapting to the new technologies in a flexible manner. The student is enabled to be COURAGEOUS and innovative in applying the new skills to a case-study focus, often site-specific. Thus the acquisition of these skills in the module encourage the student's CURIOUSITY as they use the technology and skills in an imaginative way to seek further knowledge about the context they are investigating. The module encourages their professional RESPONSIBILITY in handling the equipment and, where relevant, in the social and ethical questions of involving communities in the image-making process.