Undergraduate Course: Professional Practice 2 (Sculpture) (ARTX08018)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
To introduce a professional awareness and application to methods of making, developing and the presentation of studio work. To develop documentation and communication skills, establishing a CV and professional portfolio of documented work. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To establish appropriate presentation, communication and documentation skills in the production and presentation of sculpture, research, drawing and visual thinking. 
2 To appropriately select and use a range of documentation processes to record and present studio practice. 
 
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio, Workshop, lectures, exhibitions, talks, events, crits, tutorials, presentations. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. PRESENTATION Demonstrate an awareness of professionalism in the making, exhibition and presentation of your work.  
2. DOCUMENTATION Apply a range of documentation and presentation processes and materials. 
3. PROFESSIONALISM Evidence an ability to work individually and collaboratively and develop a professional approach to the subject area.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Coursework, Portfolio, Documentation, Exhibition |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Mixture of one-to-one group presentations and workshops. | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Research, manage time, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work. | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
As appropriate to individual students research an as advised by staff. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Erasmus and International Study Abroad in Year 3 may be applied for. | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 30 hours 
Directed study 85 hours 
Self-directed study 85 hours 
Total 200 hours | 
 
| Keywords | SCULPTURE, PROFESSIONAL, DOCUMENTATION | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr David Moore 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5883 
Email: d.moore@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879 
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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