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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Art

Postgraduate Course: TPG Masters Project (ARTX11034)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryThis 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 to be documented in the submission of a Digital Portfolio.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Research based learning.
Feedback Formative feedback on evidence of planning and development of work for public consumption.

Summative feedback on final project.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Research (33%) - Determine, master and apply the most appropriate methods for the production, distribution and consumption of your work.
  2. Analysis (33%) - Produce a body of work that is scholarly, speculative, original and creatively ambitious.
  3. Communicate (33%) - Take responsibility for the development and execution of a professionally resolved body of work.
Reading List
BARRETT, Estelle. and BOLT, Barbara. 'Practice as Research', I B Tauris, 2010.

BLAXTER, L et al. How to Research, Buckingham: OUP, 2001.

CARTER, Paul. "Material Thinking', Melbourne University Press, 2004.

DAICHENDT, James. 'Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research', Intellect, 2011.

EMMISON, M. Researching the Visual, London, SAGE, 2000.

FRANCIS, Pat. 'Inspiring Writing: Taking a Line for a Write', Intellect, 2011.

GRAY and MALLINS, Visualizing Research, Ashgate, 2004.

NCNIFF, Shaun. Art-Based Research London: Jessica Kingsley, 1998.

ROSE, Gillian. Visual Methodologies, Sage, 2006.

SELBY, Aimee (ed.) 'Art and Text', Black Dog, 2009.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements N/A
Study Abroad N/A
Additional Class Delivery Information N/A
KeywordsMA MFA Capstone,School of Art,Postgraduate,Degree Show
Contacts
Course organiserMr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: j.beagles@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Georgia Dodsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712
Email: georgia.dodsworth@ed.ac.uk
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