Undergraduate Course: Presentation: Methods & Context 4 (ARTX10037)
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 | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art. 
 
This course will consolidate your knowledge and understanding of the impact of placing work in the public domain through presentations to internal, external and public audiences. You will be encouraged to use appropriate strategies and methods of contextualisation to reveal connections between art works and their conditions of production and presentation. 
 
Aims 
1.To define the understanding of effective methods of contextual and visual presentation within a social situation. 
2.To enable you to determine a personal approach to recording, disseminating and documenting art work in a variety of contexts. 
3.To enable a critical reflection of the interaction between art works and social situations through appropriate professional practice strategies. 
 
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. You will be assessed against three Learning Outcomes and all are equally weighted: 
Identify: Identify and present evidence of a self-directed autonomous practice. 
  
2. Synthesise: Building on previous experience present evidence of critical evaluation in the location of artwork within the broader context of current practice. 
3. Communicate:  Present evidence of the testing and application of appropriate solutions to the dissemination, presentation and exhibition of your work through clear and precise strategies to informed audiences.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment is formative at end of Semester 1 and summative at end of Semester 2. 
 
1. One 20 minute presentation to peers and staff. You will get 2 opportunities to present before this is summatively assessed. On each of these occasions you will get written and verbal feedback.  
2. Website or blog This should present your work externally. 
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Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
Self Directed Study, Collaboration, Negotiation, Technical methods, Critical evaluation. | 
 
| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Total Hours: 200 
Tutorials 25 
Workshop/Seminar 25 
Directed Study 15 
Self Directed Study 130 
Formative Assessment 5 
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| Keywords | Visual Presentation, documentation, exhibition, installation, dissemination. | 
 
 
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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