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Undergraduate Course: Intermedia Research 4 (ARTX10014)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryIndicative course content
The aim of this module is to provide a framework for the combination of individual ideas with practical methods to develop future projects. Intermedia artwork synthesises a range of media, situations and approaches. Likewise the development of ideas from genesis though to execution, in research, requires the application of critical analysis to a range of methods/materials/ and strategies in individual practice.

Aims of course
1 Critically assess a range of Intermedia research methodologies through personal practice.
2 Develop a body of Intermedia research material that develops personal ideas within the context of contemporary artistic production.

Mode of delivery
Lecture, Seminar, Tutorial, Guest Speaker, Presentation, Studio-based
Course description Research and development of ideas for final degree assessment.

Introduce a critical relationship to core methodologies of artistic research.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Intermedia Practice 3 (ARTX09043) AND Intermedia Research 3 (ARTX09044) AND Intermedia Professional Practice 3 (ARTX09045) AND Art 3: Visual Research (ARTX09046))
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Intermedia Practice 4 (ARTX10013) AND Intermedia Professional Practice 4 (ARTX10015) AND Art 4: Research Project (ARTX10017)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art.
Additional Costs ECA students are required to pay for the cost of materials used throughout their programme of study.
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 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, External Visit Hours 3, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 30, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 323 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Workbook/Sketchbook/Journal
Documentation
Personal Statement
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To employ a range of Intermedia research methodologies
  2. To present Intermedia art research that demonstrates critical development from idea through to execution.
  3. Be able to write a focused research plan that outlines aims and objectives.
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
KAPROW, Allan. Essays on the blurring of art and life / edited by Jeff Kelly. Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993. Main Author: McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980 Understanding media : the extensions of man / Marshall McLuhan ; introduction by Lewis H. Lapham. Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1994 (1999).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Research, manage time, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work.
Study Abroad Study Abroad is not permissable in Final Honours Year.
Additional Class Delivery Information Mixture of one hour group seminars and studio critiques, plus one-to-one tutorials with studio tutor.
KeywordsRESEARCH
Contacts
Course organiserMs Susan Mowatt
Tel:
Email: s.mowatt@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Catriona Morley
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: C.Morley@ed.ac.uk
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