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Undergraduate Course: Art Practice 2 (ARTX08052)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art.

This course develops the content, language, methods and production of a self initiated body of work in the context of your specialism. You will be inducted in different approaches of practice related to your specialism through workshops, inductions, seminars and critiques. Through a series of projects this course will enable you to establish a personally motivated approach to your work and an understanding of the key concepts and historical and contemporary references in the context of current art practice.

Aims
1. To explore the methods and language of your specialism.
2. To apply an appropriate range of processes to produce a developed body of work.
3. To develop a personal language and an awareness of historical and contemporary contexts.

Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Themes in Recent & Contemporary Visual Culture (ARTX08049) AND Visual Research 2 (ARTX08051) AND Presentation: Methods & Context 2 (ARTX08050)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 14, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 45, External Visit Hours 8, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 312 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) You will be formatively evaluated at mid session review point at the end of the first semester and summatively assessed at the end of Semester 2.
For this you will require: Documented work that you have made since your last summative evaluation in May of the proceeding academic session. We would expect that some of this would be installed or presented in a manner appropriate for the works context (project space/ outside exhibition) This should include no more than 20 images video not exceeding 10 min /and or sound work not exceeding 10 min.

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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Concepts: Define a considered range of ideas for exploration.
  2. Methods: Demonstrate an ability to explore concepts through the use of appropriate methods processes and materials.
  3. Outcomes: Realize appropriate resolutions through development of concepts.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Self directed study, Technical methods, Negotiation, Critical evaluation, Collaboration.
KeywordsIntermedia,Painting,Photography,Sculpture,Analogue,Digital,Camera,Performance,Video,Colour
Contacts
Course organiserMr Stephen Hunter
Tel: (0131 6)51 5853
Email: stephen.hunter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Amy Forrest
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879
Email: Amy.Forrest@ed.ac.uk
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