Undergraduate Course: Professional Practice 4 (Painting) (ARTX10011)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
To consolidate a professional awareness of working methods and practices within current painting practice. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To be able to critically analyise a range of appropriate methods of display and exhibition. 
2 To show a high level of self determination in the organisation and documentation of studio practice. 
3 To determine the most appropriate strategies and contexts for the installation of work. 
 
Mode of delivery 
Portfolio, Exhibition, Individual monitoring, Studio based. | 
 
 
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 and group presentations and workshops. | 
 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 5,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
 External Visit Hours 2,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 15,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
157 )
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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 a folio of evidence showing a variety of solutions to the display and installation of work.  
2. Demonstrate a level of critical awareness and analysis in relation to personal and current practice. 
3. Demonstrate a high level of self-determinaton within the organisation, planning of study and dissemination of studio practice.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Portfolio 
Exhibition 
Presentation |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Articulate critical position in relation to dissemination of artistic work. | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Development and completion of all projects for final degree assessment. | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Research, manage time, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work. | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Art 21 (Art in 21st Century) vol 1-111 , Abrams 2003. Taking Matters into Common Hands. (Contemporay Art Collaborative Practices) Black Dog 2007. Art and its Institutions (Current conflicts critique and collaborations) Black Dog 2006. Periodicals : MAP, Art World, Parkett, Artists Newsletter. Also as directed by studio tutors. Free podcasts on I-Tunes : Frieze Art Fair. Tate online archive, artists talks/ lectures. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Study Abroad is not permissable in Honours Degree Year. | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 15 hours 
Directed study 65 hours 
Self-directed study 120 hours 
Total 200 hours | 
 
| Keywords | SELF DETERMINATION, CRITICAL ANALYSIS, EXHIBITION. | 
 
 
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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