Undergraduate Course: Access Art and Design 1 (AACE07005)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Access Art and Design 1 is an intensive and stimulating course that will enable students to create an individually-tailored portfolio for entry to the wide variety of degree programmes in art and design. With drawing as its foundation, the course aims to give students the confidence, passion and commitment to pursue their chosen degree pathway, whilst preparing students for progression to successful study of Access Art and Design 2. The course is project-driven with practical workshops that enable students to expand upon basic skills to experiment with materials, digital engagement and 2d/3d ideas relating to the students' expanding knowledge of contemporary art/design and cultural issues. |
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1) Academic Description
This course is offered as part of the Access Programme (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences). The Access Programme aims to prepare students for undergraduate study by introducing them to a range of essential skills and encouraging them to employ these
skills in a confident and flexible way.
Semester 1 courses are designed to foster those skills which are broadly transferable within their respective disciplinary areas and are designed to prepare students for progression to semester 2.
This, semester 1 course will provide an inclusive, supportive, stimulating and creative environment in which students are supported to create strong portfolios suitable for entry to the wide variety of art and design degree programmes (for example, Art, Intermedia Art, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Fine Art, Animation, Fashion, Film & Television, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Jewellery & Silversmithing, Performance Costume, Product Design, Textiles, etc.).
The core focus of Access Art and Design 1 is in skills development and portfolio preparation, supporting each student to demonstrate their artistic ability and potential in relation to their chosen degree pathways. Students will be encouraged to identify their potential degree pathways at an early stage of the course so that their learning can be tailored effectively towards individual outcomes and tailored portfolios. In line with a student's application to ECA and the 'portfolio assessment criteria' (which can also be used to map on to other institutions submission applications) four key areas will be blended into the learning journey: enquiry and visual research; idea development and material/technical exploration; critical judgement, reflection and resolution; and contextual awareness.
The course will include core skills-development workshops in a range of drawing and 2d/3d skills and techniques, visual recording, mixed-media experimentation and confidence building, digital engagement, and portfolio presentation along with enrichment activities to support progression. Work will be focussed around a themed project/ live brief which is designed to enable students to engage with, and demonstrate independent creative exploration and underpin their creative output and skills development.
2) Course Content
The course is designed around portfolio requirements for entry to degree courses in art and design.
Each of the twelve practical studio sessions includes tutor input on a range of issues and approaches within contemporary art and design. These sessions are designed to stimulate the students' work and provide greater depth to their portfolios.
Evidence of drawing enquiry and visual research is a core requirement of all art and design degrees, so both primary observational and experimental 2d and 3d drawing forms the first half of Art and Design 1, through observation and photography in journals, sketchbooks and developing mixed-media work, along with emotive exploration. Students will be directed towards specific degree course preparation and additional digital training if this is required for progression. Thereafter the course is project-based, encouraging students to develop interest in ideas and engage with themes relating to their practical work, undertaking independent research and practice-led enquiry.
The class project/live brief provides a broad theme around which students can structure work for their application portfolio, supported through individual and group tutorials and critiques. Students will be encouraged to become reflective thinkers and engage with digital learning, though the expansion of creative ideas between classes and weekly submission of individual digital portfolios.
3) Student Learning Experience
Students will typically learn through weekly studio-based and site- specific practical enquiry in a creative and supportive environment. Learning will be supported by short seminars of contemporary art/ design and cultural issues, in order to strengthen theoretical engagement with their practice. The seminars will take place weekly before each practical session. Whilst the course is structured towards the broad needs for all programmes of continued study, students will be encouraged to be reflective learners, and to work towards their chosen pathways through independent research, and journal and portfolio development.
Students will submit five formative pieces of work linked to the learning outcomes for the course, in the form of physical and digital portfolios, along with one short presentation on their planned project work.
Constructive feedback (both verbal and written) will be provided by the course tutor. Students will be encouraged to consider feedback and to respond to this in future work.
No grades will be provided for individual pieces of work, but an overall indicative course grade will be given at the end of semester based upon participation, coursework and response to feedback.
In addition to support and feedback at course level, all students on the Access Programme will engage via an online learning journal, where they will be prompted to reflect on their learning experience, feedback and progress and will receive personalised guidance and support from their Personal Tutor.
Students will also participate in a range of cultural and social engagement activities which are intended to complement their studies, increase cultural capital, encourage engagement with peers and communities, and build a sense of belonging.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas: Demonstrate the development of personal visual ideas which are appropriate to the student's developing portfolio, through sketchbook work and other visual and contextual research
- Practice, skills and techniques: Demonstrate the deployment of a range of materials and techniques, through experimentation and critical thinking, which are appropriate to the student's developing portfolio
- Selection, presentation and reflection: Demonstrate appropriate judgement in selecting, editing and presenting a body of work as a portfolio for the student's planned art and design degree discipline.
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Reading List
You are not expected to purchase these titles, but you should become familiar with the content of the majority through the duration of the course.
Recommended
Bergstrom, B., 2008. Essentials of Visual Communication. London: Lawrence King Pub.
Manco, T., 2014. Big Art Small Art. London: Thames & Hudson.
Madoff, S. H., 2009. Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century). Massachusetts: MIT Press
Perrella, L., 2004. Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages. Gloucester, Mass.: Quarry Books.
Rothman, J., 2011. Drawn in: A Peak into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers and Cartoonists. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books.
Vesters, C., 2009. Now is the Time: Art & Theory in the 21st Century. Rotterdam: NAI.
White, K., 2014. 101 Things to Learn in Art School. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Prior to the course, you may wish to purchase and consult:
Stobart, J., 2011. Extraordinary Sketchbooks. A&C Black Publishers. (approximately £20.00)
Prior to the course, you may also wish to consult:
https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/how-to-make-an-art-portfolio-for-college-or-university
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Employability awareness will be enhanced through the development of skills on the Access Programme. The holistic nature of the skills included in the programme design will enhance students' readiness to develop both graduate attributes and the social and cultural capital that will enable them to make the most of their undergraduate studies. Those with alternative exit routes will be able to draw on the skills inculcated in the Access Programme for future employment or study.
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| Keywords | Art,Design,Intermedia,Painting,Photography,Sculpture,Fine Art,Animation,Fashion,Film,Television |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ronald Binnie
Tel:
Email: rbinnie@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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