Undergraduate Course: Research Drawing 3 (Painting) (ARTX09041)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
Students are expected to be able to identify, develop and present self generated ideas by employing a range of appropriate strategies. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To clearly identify and select areas of individual interest and develop a personal visual language 
2 To develop and analyse the key ideas that underpin studio practice in relation to students own interests and aspects of current art practice 
3 To be able to undertake a reflective analysis of material gathered through a wide range of drawing and research processes.  
 
Mode of delivery 
Tutorials,, seminars, group crits, review. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
	| Class Delivery Information | 
	Mixture of one-to-one group presentations and workshops. | 
 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
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 Lecture Hours 10,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
 External Visit Hours 7,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 30,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
319 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Present evidence of identifying and gathering research materials relevant to individual practice from a range of personally selected sources  
2. Present evidence of the undertaking of a critical and reflective analysis of material through a range of documentation, drawing and related research methods. 
3. Present evidence of an understanding of appropriate methods of development and presentation to best communicate selected ideas.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Coursework  
Presentation |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Articulate methodologies of artistic research. | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Various topics will be introduced during the academic year. | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Research, manage time, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work. | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Vitamin D : New Perspecctives in Drawing. Phaidon, 2005. Art 21 Art in the 21st Century (vol I-111) Abrams 2003 Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino, Harcourt, Brace, 1974. Place, Thames and Hudson, 2005 periodicals; Map, Artists Newsletter, Art world, Art Forum. Web ; AN www.a-n.co.uk Drawing center New York. www.drawingcenter.org Also as directed by studio tutors. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Erasmus and International Study Abroad in Year 3 may be applied for. | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 50 hours 
Directed study 150 hours 
Self-directed study 200 hours 
Total 400 hours | 
 
| Keywords | EXPERIMENTATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INITIATIVE | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Brennan 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5902 
Email: g.brennan@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879 
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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