Postgraduate Course: ASN Critical Forum Term 1 (ARCH11147)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | Indicative course content
A series of lectures and seminars as introduction to Postgraduate Study. This programme runs in conjunction with other MA /MFA programmes in Art & Design. Students will attend 5 lectures, each of which will be delivered by two members of ECA staff. In alternate weeks, students will attend workshops where they will put the methods and issues explored in the lectures into practice (groups of 10 optimum). This element will generically culminate in an assessed Research Proposal. ASN specific program
Aims of course
1 To enable students to locate their practice with reference to contemporary fields of speculation.
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Mode of delivery
Lectures, Seminars |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
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Co-requisites
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Prohibited combinations
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Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. To enable students to locate their practice with reference to contemporary fields of speculation
2. To demonstrate critical awareness of ones own and other sudents work
3. To enhance communication skills and ability to presen to a peer group audience |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
Academic description |
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
WINKLER, A. Writing the Research Paper: a handbook, New York , 1994 BLAXTER, L et al, How to research, Buckingham: OUP, 2001 BURNS, R.B. Introduction to research methods London: SAGE, 2000 Gray, C. Visualising research: A guide to the research process in Art and Design, Aldershot: Ashgate, 1983 ROSE, G. Visual methodologies, London: SAGE< 2001 STURKEN, M & CARTWRIGHT L. Practices of Looking, Oxford: OUP, 2001 GIBALDI,J MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, New York, 1995 SNODGRASS, ADRIAN and COYNE, RiCHARD. Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking. London Routledge ARNHEIM, RUDOLPH. $ůVisual Thinking&©. University of California Press. Berkeley. 1971. |
Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
Contact hours 20 hours
Directed study 5 hours
Self-directed study 75 hours
Total 100 hours |
Keywords | Not entered |
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