The research project is either practice-based, or developed as a thesis; the project can involve the development of design(s); artwork(s); craftwork(s); artifact(s); article(s); musical instrument(s); or research on existing examples of the above; or processes for the production or development of the above; it is submitted as a body of practical work with accompanying reflective and critical report; or as a dissertation; it is undertaken by proposing a project and then carrying it through within a supportive and structured framework.