Postgraduate Course: ASN: Creative Practice 3 - Contextual Assignments (ARCH11182)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Students work on self-selected and generated projects which offer the opportunity to further extend a wide-ranging and in-depth practical and theoretical investigation into the organisational contexts of contemporary art/design, material and visual culture. The student's autonomous position can be made effective through self directed projects that nurture the organisational expertise and presentation abilities needed to successfully practice in the creative sector.
Aims:
To develop individual practice and professional, technical and organisational skills;
To promote a professional approach to manage, structure and resolve an innovative contribution;
Enable students to propose, justify and undertake an advanced personal project with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods.
Mode of delivery:
Individual mentoring, installation, project review, exhibition |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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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 (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 11,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Fieldwork Hours 21,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
336 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will offer a structured approach for development through individual tutorials and group discussion. Group interaction is encouraged and given the multidisciplinary make-up of the studio cohort collaborative projects are encouraged. The criteria for assessment are aligned with the learning outcomes and course aims. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
(
Lecture Hours 5,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 77,
Fieldwork Hours 28,
External Visit Hours 7,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
245 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will offer a structured approach for development through individual tutorials and group discussion. Group interaction is encouraged and given the multidisciplinary make-up of the studio cohort collaborative projects are encouraged. The criteria for assessment are aligned with the learning outcomes and course aims. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Exploration: demonstrate independent initiative and self-critical application of original ideas
- Development: demonstrate a fully integrated, critical and contextualised relationship between creative practice and research
- Synthesis: generate, evaluate and consolidate original research within the production of realised projects
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Reading List
Indicative Bibliography:
CORNER, JAMES ed. Recovering Landscape, Princeton Architectural Press 1999 FOWLE, KATE To be continued: Contemporary Art Practice in Public Places, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 2003 GALAFORA, LUCA Artscapes: Art as an Approach to Contemporary Landscape, Land & Scape series Editorial Gustavo GILI HILL JONOTHAN Architecture - the Subject is Matter Routledge Lon 2001 KOHOR, ZOYA and LEUN, Simon. Theory in Contemporary Art: From 1985 to the Present, Blackwell Publishing, 2004 KRAUSS, ROSALIND E. Passages in Modern Sculpture, London: Thames and Hudson, 1977 MOSTAFAVI, MOSHEN and NAJLE, CIRO Ed. Landscape Urbanism: A Manual for the Mechanic Landscape Architectural Association, 2003 MUMFORD, LEWIS 'The City in History. Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects'. Secker and Warburg. London. 1963 RASHID, HANI Asymptote: Architecture at the Interval Rizzoli 1995 SCHRODER, THIES Changes in Scenery: Contemporary Landscape in Europe, Birkhauser 2001 WELTER, VOLKER Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life MIT PRESS, 2002 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | SELF INITIATED WORKING, INSTALLATION, PRACTICE LED INVESTIGATION |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: r.maclean@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
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