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Undergraduate Course: Presentation: Methods & Context 4 (ARTX10037)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArt Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art.

This course will consolidate your knowledge and understanding of the impact of placing work in the public domain through presentations to internal, external and public audiences. You will be encouraged to use appropriate strategies and methods of contextualisation to reveal connections between art works and their conditions of production and presentation.

Aims
1.To define the understanding of effective methods of contextual and visual presentation within a social situation.
2.To enable you to determine a personal approach to recording, disseminating and documenting art work in a variety of contexts.
3.To enable a critical reflection of the interaction between art works and social situations through appropriate professional practice strategies.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Art Practice 4 (ARTX10038) AND ( Visual Culture Research Project (20 credit) (ARTX10036) AND Visual Research 4 (40 credit) (ARTX10039)) OR ( Visual Culture Research Project (40 credit) (ARTX10040) AND Visual Research 4 (20 credit) (ARTX10035))
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. You will be assessed against three Learning Outcomes and all are equally weighted:
Identify: Identify and present evidence of a self-directed autonomous practice.

2. Synthesise: Building on previous experience present evidence of critical evaluation in the location of artwork within the broader context of current practice.
3. Communicate: Present evidence of the testing and application of appropriate solutions to the dissemination, presentation and exhibition of your work through clear and precise strategies to informed audiences.
Assessment Information
Assessment is formative at end of Semester 1 and summative at end of Semester 2.

1. One 20 minute presentation to peers and staff. You will get 2 opportunities to present before this is summatively assessed. On each of these occasions you will get written and verbal feedback.
2. Website or blog This should present your work externally.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Self Directed Study, Collaboration, Negotiation, Technical methods, Critical evaluation.
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Total Hours: 200
Tutorials 25
Workshop/Seminar 25
Directed Study 15
Self Directed Study 130
Formative Assessment 5
KeywordsVisual Presentation, documentation, exhibition, installation, dissemination.
Contacts
Course organiserMr Gordon Brennan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5902
Email: g.brennan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Margaret Milner
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk
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