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Postgraduate Course: TPG Methods (ARTX11033)

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 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArt Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionYou will explore a variety of research methods, methodologies and theories of knowledge, along with the possible aims and outcomes different approaches may lead to. You are encouraged to map your own
research narrative in relation to the production, distribution and consumption of your work. A key objective here is to promote innovative, experimental and ambitious research that relates to academic study and creative practice at the forefront of your
field.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Online Activities 12, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Online Activities 12, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Develop an appropriate method of regularly documenting your research processes.
2. Display imagination, resourcefulness and initiative in the written, spoken and visual articulation of your research.
3. Research and write a Critical Study of two or more of the methodologies that motivate your research.
Assessment Information
Workbook/Sketchbook/Journal
Essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Macleod, Katy and Holdridge, Lin. 'Thinking Through Art: Reflections on Art as Research', London: Routledge, 2006.
Daichendt, James. 'Artist Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching', Intellect, 2010.
Gray, Carole. and Malins, Julian.'Visualizing Research', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
Ingold, Tim. and Hallam, E. (eds), Creativity and Cultural Improvisation. Oxford: Berg, 2007.
Stiles, Kristine and Selz, Peter (eds). Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Alex Danchev, '100 Artists' Manifestos', Penguin Classics, 2001.
Wallis, Brian. (ed.) 'Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists', MIT Press, 1989.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsPG Cert Contemporary Art, School of Art
Contacts
Course organiserDr Neil Mulholland
Tel: (0131 6)51 5881
Email: n.mulholland@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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