Undergraduate Course: Research Methodologies and Reflective Practice V: Professional Contexts: Advanced Theory and Practice (ARTX09064)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module offers students the opportunity to acquire and demonstrate the professional skills required to equip them for a successful transition from higher education to the professional context of a working artist or designer-maker.
Aims of course
1 To ensure that students are able to research and apply knowledge related to the professional, legal, ethical and fiscal frameworks within which artists operate in the UK
2 To equip students to enable them to discuss, analyse and present their own work in contexts, fora and formats appropriate to the professional environment of a working artist/designer
3 To develop students&© competence in carrying out both individually and within the group studentship activities that are directly relevant to the professional concerns of this module
Mode of delivery
Email Assistance, Group Crit, Individual Mentoring, Tutorial, Seminar |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate confident understanding of the nature and function of the studio system in Scotland and the UK and a grasp of public and private funding, legal issues and ethical issues and the obligations of global citizenship
2. Show an ability to work with a peer group to develop advanced joint projects including a slide/digital presentation to an audience
3. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the ways in which Studentship enhances individual learning at this level and within the professional environment |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
W Furlong Audio Arts: Discourse and Practice in Contemporary Art (1994) C Harrison ' A Portrait of V.I Lenin in the style of Jackson Pollock' essays on Art and Language (2001) James Elkin The State of Art Criticism 2007 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 40 hours
Directed study 10 hours
Self-directed study 50 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, PROPOSAL, APPLICATION, NETWORKING, PRESENTATION |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith
Tel: 0131 221 6031
Email: joan.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Claire Davies
Tel:
Email: claire.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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