Undergraduate Course: Access Art and Design 2 (AACE07006)
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 | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Access Art and Design 2 initially focuses on individual portfolio refinement and digital submission, providing students with the optimum support and guidance for pursuing their individual creative degree pathways. Thereafter, the course will be project-driven with a live brief, instilling students with confidence, stimulation and motivation through a variety of 2d/3d creative projects, and critical thinking through a range of recommended texts. Progressive creative workshops will provide further drive towards the creation of a refined and resolved body of work that will be presented, empowering students with the confidence, passion and commitment required to progress to a wide range of art and design degree programmes. |
| Course description |
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.
Having established a strong foundation through semester 1 courses, semester 2 courses will adopt a more in-depth scholarly approach, preparing students for progression to undergraduate study.
This semester 2 course will provide a supportive, stimulating and creative environment in which to build upon the skills gained in Access Art and Design 1. Students will continue to develop and refine their skills and artistic maturity to create an individually-tailored portfolio for entry to the wide variety of art and design degree programmes (e.g. 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 initial focus of the course is in refining individually-tailored portfolios for submission to degree programmes, to enable the student to evidence their artistic ability and potential in their chosen pathways. In line with portfolio assessment criteria, 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.
Practical work will be focussed around a live brief, enabling students to demonstrate independent creative exploration. Transferable skills such as teamwork, communication and time management will be embedded into the course. Advanced workshops will be delivered in a range of drawing and 2d/3d skills and techniques, visual recording, mixed-media experimentation and confidence building, digital engagement, and presentation of a final resolved body of work.
2) Course Content
This course is designed around completing individual digital portfolio requirements for entry to degree programmes in the creative arts and building upon the skills and knowledge developed in Access Art and Design 1 to create comprehensive physical portfolios and a resolved body of work. Each of the sixteen-practical studio (or site-specific) sessions will introduce a range of contemporary art/design issues, along with current debates in contemporary culture to inspire and stimulate the students' work and provide greater depth to portfolios. The course will include workshops on portfolio visual presentation to encourage a critically refined submission; and supportive, individually-tailored creative workshops. To prepare the student for progression, reading/research will be encouraged to be synthesised with individual pathways/year one of potential degree programmes.
Students will present their individual projects to the group following a creative confidence-building workshop, and progress to develop experimental and resolved outcomes through exploration at intensive workshops in contemporary collage, colour, painting and mixed-media, 2d/3d surface treatment, and digital experimentation and printmaking. As part of their summative submission students will present their resolved work alongside their portfolio of ideas, studies and sketchbooks.
3) Student Learning Experience
Students will continue to develop through weekly studio-based and practical enquiry in a creative and supportive environment. Students will be inspired by short seminars of contemporary art/design and cultural issues, to strengthen their practice's theoretical engagement. Whilst the course is structured towards the broad needs for all programmes of continued study, students will continue to be reflective learners, working towards their chosen pathways through independent research, journal and portfolio development.
As with most art and design courses, students will receive regular
verbal appraisal throughout the course, both on a one-to-one basis and in critiques; analysing and reflecting on their work through tutor led discussions.
A formative presentation and assessment of work in progress will take place around week 9 to prepare the student for the journey ahead. 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.
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)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Access Art and Design 1 (AACE07005)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, Context & Ideas: Demonstrate a range of personal strategies for recording and developing visual ideas and concepts, through sketchbook work and other visual and contextual research.
- Practice, Skills & Techniques: Demonstrate the deployment of a range of materials and techniques, through experimentation and critical thinking, in order to explore a range of visual ideas.
- Selection, Presentation & Reflection: Demonstrate appropriate judgment in selecting, editing and presenting a coherent body of work for assessment, underpinned by personal research and practice.
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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
Gregory, D., 2008. An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers. Cincinnati Ohio: HUW Books.
Kleon, A., 2012. Steal Like an Artist. New York: Workman Publishing Company Inc.
Smith, T., 2012. Thinking Contemporary Curating. New York: Independent Curators International.
Prior to the course, you may wish to purchase and consult:
Berger, J. 1972. Ways of Seeing. Penguin
(approximately £8.00)
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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 and Design,Intermedia Art,Painting,Photography,Sculpture,Fine Art,Animation,Fashion |
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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