Postgraduate Course: Interdisciplinary Creative Practices Final Project (ARCH11087)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | During the Summer Vacation period students will plan, develop and make their the major individual practice based creative project of the ICP programme. Although this does not require the use of computing and multimedia systems it is likely, due to the role of ICT in disciplinary convergence, that their project will employ core use of such technology. The project will function as a focus for the student to creatively and critically engage the primary ideas, issues and processes they have developed during the Interdisciplinary Creative Practices programme and take forward issues they identified in their second semester essay. The course will be studio based and involve weekly crit' group meetings with discussion focusing on the conceptual, formal and technical development of each project. Support will be offered for students to gain relevant technical skills, where applicable. The student's initial project proposal will represent 10% of their mark, their project log-book 10%, the final project outcome 40% and the project report 40%, which should be approximately 6000 words. In rare circumstances students may be able to work on projects collaboratively with another, where it can be shown that the process of collaboration is essential to the conceptual development and final value of the project. |
| Course description |
The aim of the course is to present the student with a challenge where their ability to work creatively and independently is extended to a level that would be demanded of a practicing professional. The project they choose to undertake will be entirely of their own conception, design and realisation. They will need to be able to articulate clearly, during crit' group discussions and in tutorials, the intellectual and conceptual intent and context of the work. The primary aim for each student will be to produce a creative work that will challenge not only their own capabilities but also the appreciation of a general public audience. The work should be original in conception and realisation. Technically the final work will be expected to demonstrate a professional level of competence and finish. The ability to solve problems that are novel for the student and to take projects forward to an accomplished conclusion will bethe priority.
Students will be supervised by the Course Leader. They will be able to liaise with other relevant staff so as to determine techniques and approaches which will allow them to realise their proposal and solve subsequent problems. Technical guidance across a range of systems and technologies will be available, although as the project is realised during the Summer term this assistance will be restricted compared to what was available during Semester 2. It is therefore expected that the student will be able to work on their own, resolving most technical and conceptual issues by themselves and through their own research. During the planning stage the student will liaise with the Course Leader to ensure that the project they are proposing is technically viable in relation to their skill set and available resources and fully viable in respect of any other identified constraints.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS2)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The student's initial project proposal will represent 10% of their mark, their project log-book 10%, the final project outcome 40% and the project report 40%, which should be approximately 6000 words. In rare circumstances students may be able to work on projects collaboratively with another, where it can be shown that the process of collaboration is essential to the conceptual development and final value of the project. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
| The planning, development and realisation of a major creative work will allow the student to demonstrate their professional standard skills in conceptualising, planning, managing, making and finishing a technically, intellectually and artistically challenging and mature project. Students will, at the end of this course, be confident professional standard creative practitioners able to develop novel ideas and realise them independently. The project will be a major contribution to the student's portfolio of work and demonstrate their capabilities with digital and other media and their familiarity with engaging issues and problems across disciplines, technically and conceptually. The project report will evidence the student's ability to clearly articulate their ideas, concerns, contextual awareness and critical skills whilst demonstrating their capacity to manage the detailed practical aspects of a significant creative project. The report will include detailed documentation of the final project, employing appropriate media to that end. Through a final end of course group public exhibition the student will be able to demonstrate professional standards of expertise in the public exhibition or presentation, promotion and contextualisation of their creative work.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | interdisciplinarity, creativity, art, practice, critical, convergence, media, tranliteracy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sophia Lycouris
Tel: 0131 221 6291
Email: s.lycouris@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jacqueline Plumer
Tel: (0131 6)51 5739
Email: jacqueline.plumer@ed.ac.uk |
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