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Undergraduate Course: Intermedia Professional Practice 4 (ARTX10015)

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 Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryIndicative course content
The aim of this module is to research, develop and critically assesses methods for documenting and presenting personal practice. As contemporary art moves between and beyond accepted modes of production then artists are required to consolidate, rethink and invent methods of social exchange and interaction.

Aims of course
1 To encourage critical reflection on documentation, dissemination, and application of Intermedia art work.
2 To examine notions of professionalism in contemporary art practice.
3 To provide a realistic and sustainable forum for a future, and enduring, praxis.

Mode of delivery
Group crit, Guest speakers, Individual mentoring, Installation, Lecture, Presentation, Project
Course description Development and completion of all projects for final degree assessment.

Articulate critical position in relation to dissemination of artistic work.
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)) OR ( Drawing, Painting and Sculpture Studio Practice (Outgoing Exchange) (ARTX09030) AND Non-compulsory year abroad (half year) (XXXX09005)) OR ( Drawing, Painting and Sculpture Studio Practice (Outgoing Exchange) (ARTX09030) AND Non-compulsory year abroad (half year) (XXXX09002))
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Intermedia Practice 4 (ARTX10013) AND Intermedia Research 4 (ARTX10014) 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: 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Presentation
Documentation
Project
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Be able to take significant responsibility for individual work plans.
  2. To demonstrate a significant responsibility to provide a critical basis for meaningful and enduring praxis.
  3. To present individual practice to an informed audience in an appropriate manner.
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
ABBING, Hans Why are artists poor-The exceptional economy of the Arts WALLIS, Brian. Title: Blasted allegories : an anthology of writings by contemporary artists / edited by Brian Wallis. Published: New Museum of Contemporary Art/MIT, 1987.
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 Honours Degree Year.
Additional Class Delivery Information Mixture of one-to-one and group presentations and workshops.
KeywordsPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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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