Undergraduate Course: Art as Personal Language: contextualising art and design c1980 - present (ARTX09063)
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 | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
Students will have the opportunity to explore a specially selected area of contemporary art practice, choosing either from an area of practice that relates closely to the material covered in the module, or following a more personally determined course of independent and self-directed study on an approved topic, with emphasis on enquiry that complements the student's own studio practice  
 
Aims of course 
1 To enable students to analyse and interpret with fluency, confidence and skill 
2 To challenge students to engage with a high degree of competence in the interrogation and elucidation of a specially chosen area of contemporary art practice   
3 To encourage students to achieve high standards of verbal, written and visual presentation of their ideas, using means appropriate at this level 
 
Mode of delivery 
Gallery based study day consisting of lecture, discussion, visit and supporting materials 
 
This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). | 
 
 
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). 
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| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
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 | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 5,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 8,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
64 )
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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. Demonstrate confidence and competence appropriate to this level in producing visual and critical analysis of a high order  
2. Show an ability to operate in a self-directed way both to research and to reach conclusions about visual art and design of direct relevance to the student's own studio practice 
3. Demonstrate sophisticated skills in the verbal, written and visual presentation of their ideas, appropriate to this level  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
Not entered |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Core bibliography available on eportal.  Subject specific bibliography attached to project brief for this module.    A Reader The Sociology of Art (2003)  Claire Bishop Installation Art (2005) | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 30 hours 
Directed study 30 hours 
Self-directed study 40 hours 
Total 100 hours | 
 
| Keywords | CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE, INDEPENDENT STUDY | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917 
Email: joan.smith@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879 
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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