Undergraduate Course: Art 4: Extended Research Project (ARTX10018)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module offers a more prolonged and ambitious investigation into an individual topic. Your choice of topic must be feasible and approved by your tutor, and will focus on an area of research within the broad field of contemporary art and visual culture. You will identify a research question and methodology pertaining to your topic and provide through your submission a well-constructed argument that deals with your question. You are expected to show sustained skills in research and analysis.
Aims of course
1 Develop the skills necessary to identify a creative and individual research project and appropriate methodologies for an extended research project.
2 Extend your research, contextualisation and reflective skills to enable the successful completion of an sustained research project.
3 Nurture visual and written communication skills that enable you to critically articulate your analytical and creative processes in the form of a Project Book.
Mode of delivery
Blended Learning: Lectures, Workshops, Tutorials, e-learning. |
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. Research: Research and reason a critical understanding of the key theories, practices and methods that inform a sustained project and employ a specialist range of research applications and sources.
2. Analysis: Creatively analyse and synthesise the complex results of your extended research.
3. Communication: Demonstrate a professional ability to manage, structure, resolve and communicate your own innovative research project. |
Assessment Information
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Indicative Bibliography
Blaxter, L et al (2001) <b>How to Research</b>, Buckingham: Open University Press. Booth, W et al (1995) <b>The Craft of Research</b>. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Boyle, G (2003) <b>Design Project Management</b>. Aldershot: Ashgate. Emmison, M (2000) <b>Researching the Visual</b>. London: SAGE. Gray, C (2004) <b>Visualizing Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design</b>. Aldershot: Ashgate. Sullivan, G (2005) <b>Art Practice as Research: Inquiry in the Visual Arts</b>. London: SAGE. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 8 hours
Directed study 22 hours
Self-directed study 370 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | RESEARCH, SELF-DIRECTED, ART THEORY, VISUAL CULTURE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Susannah Thompson
Tel: 0131 221 6197
Email: s.thompson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner
Tel: 0131 221 6162
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk |
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