Postgraduate Course: TPG Masters Project (ARTX11034)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 60 | 
ECTS Credits | 30 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course offers the opportunity to undertake wide-ranging and in-depth artistic practice and investigation. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    You are granted considerable freedom to pursue any aspect of the field of contemporary art but must do so in relation to one of the following forms: exhibiting your work in a group Degree Show, developing a practice-led project, or producing a body of artwriting for publication.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
600
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Formative Assessment Hours 1,
 Revision Session Hours 1,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
557 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Research | 
 
| Feedback | 
Formative feedback on evidence of planning and development of work for public consumption.  
 
Summative feedback on final project.  
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| No Exam Information | 
 
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
600
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Formative Assessment Hours 1,
 Revision Session Hours 1,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
557 )
 | 
 
| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
 | 
 
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Research | 
 
| Feedback | 
Formative feedback on evidence of planning and development of work for public consumption.  
 
Summative feedback on final project.  
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Research: Determine, master and apply the most appropriate methods for the production, distribution and consumption of your work.
 - Analyse: Produce a body of work that is scholarly, speculative, original and creatively ambitious.
 - Communicate: Working with others take responsibility for the development and execution of a  professionally resolved body of work for public scrutiny.
 
     
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Reading List 
Blaxter, L et al. How to Research, Buckingham: OUP, 2001 
Emmison, M. Researching the Visual, London,SAGE, 2000 
Daichendt, James. 'Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research', Intellect, 2011. 
NcNiff, Shaun. Art-Based Research London: Jessica Kingsley, 1998. 
Francis, Pat. 'Inspiring Writing: Taking a Line for a Write', Intellect, 2011. 
Selby, Aimee (ed.) 'Art and Text', Black Dog, 2009.  
Barrett, Estelle. and Bolt, Barbara. 'Practice as Research', I B Tauris, 2010. 
Rose, Gillian. Visual Methodologies, Sage, 2006. 
Carter, Paul. "Material Thinking', Melbourne University Press, 2004. 
Gray and Mallins, Visualizing Research, Ashgate, 2004. |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | MA MFA Capstone,School of Art | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr John Beagles 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909 
Email: j.beagles@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744 
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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