Undergraduate Course: Work for Public View: concept and resolution (ARTX09059)
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 | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
In this module students will create a substantial body of work in any approved discipline (or combination of disciplines) derived from extensive independent research and will present or exhibit that work with a high degree of professionalism. Emphasis is placed on the creation of a detailed proposal, outlining the project, and comprehensive documentation of the exhibited work. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To foster a fully developed understanding of the interrelationship between the finished work and the critical thinking and research undertaken as part of its development.    
2 To encourage consideration, at an advanced level, of the technical and conceptual strategies appropriate to the making and showing of a body of work.   
3 To foster professional and well considered approaches in the presentation of work created in this module.   
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio-Based, Demonstration, Email Assistance, Group Crit, Individual Mentoring, Review, Tutorial | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  This course is only available to students enrolled on BA Combined Studies (School of Art).. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Show evidence of a high level of originality and a distinct personal language in a substantial body of finished work and supporting research.  
2. Demonstrate a high degree of awareness of a range of technical and conceptual issues appropriate to the presentation of a body of work in a public context. 
3. Show professionalism, good judgement and a highly considered approach to the selection and presentation of a highly resolved body of work for exhibition and assessment.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
Not entered |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Exhibition Design Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport ; Hove : RotoVision [distributor], 2006.    ANDRIESSE, Paul. Art Gallery Exhibiting : the gallery as a vehicle for Art. Published: Inmerc BV, 1996. DUFFIN, Debbie. Investigating Galleries : The Artist's Guide to Exhibiting, AN   Publications 1994. DOHERTY, CLAIRE. Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation, London: Black Dog, 2004. GOUGH, Paul. Getting media coverage. Published: AN Publications, 1993. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 100 hours 
Directed study 20 hours 
Self-directed study 80 hours 
Total 200 hours | 
 
| Keywords | EXHIBITION, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917 
Email: joan.smith@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422 
Email: Annabelle.Evans@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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