Undergraduate Course: Artists and Makers in Contemporary Society (ARTX08011)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
In this module, students will have the opportunity to apply previously acquired skills in visual, critical and contextual analysis to the study of an individual artist or group of artists. Emphasis will be placed on encouraging students to reach original and thoughtful conclusions about individual artists, selected from a range of possibilities covered by the module. Students will be able to show discrimination in their choice of artist(s) or maker(s).
Aims of course
1 To facilitate a focus on individual designers or makers to enable students to gain a developed understanding of individual creative process within a particular cultural and social context
2 To enable students to draw comparisons across a range of cultural processes to arrive at a sophisticated understanding of individually determined and inscribed meaning within the contemporary context.
3 To give students confidence in selecting for discussion and study individual artists or artist groups that have a particular relevance to their own studio practice
Mode of delivery
Gallery based study day consisting of lecture, discussion, visit and supporting materials.
This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Show clearly how individual creativity functions within a cultural context
2. Demonstrate a confident and commanding understanding of individual creative practice
3. Demonstrate confidence and fluency in the verbal and written critical discussion of works using appropriate critical vocabularies that show evidence of close reading of texts and confidence in using references and quotations to amplify the arguments |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Core bibliography available on eportal. Subject specific bibliography attached to project brief for this module. Chris Murray (ed) Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century catalogues from the Tate Gallery, The SNGMA, CCA Glasgow, DCA Dundee, Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 30 hours
Directed study 30 hours
Self-directed study 40 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | VISUAL, CRITICAL AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917
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Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
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