UCAS Employability profiles: History of art, architecture and design

Analyse and break down an argument, a task or a body of evidence, and deal effectively with its component parts

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise

Bring evidence or ideas of different sorts or from different sources together in a productive way

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Achievement orientation, initiative	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise

Identify and present the key elements of an argument or a demonstration

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements

Develop the ability to discriminate between alternative arguments and approaches

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Listening, questioning, initiative	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise

Apply knowledge and experience so as to make appropriate decisions in complex and incompletely charted contexts

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Listening, questioning, initiative, creativity	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise

Exhibit the capacity for critical, effective and testable information retrieval and organisation

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Initiative	Technical ability Technical knowledge, technical application
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise