Undergraduate Course: Visual Communication 3: Exploration and Innovation (ARTX09055)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Students will continue to develop a technical and conceptual command of visual communication skills. Through the creation of a substantial body of work, students will consider how to develop a personal theme or project in visual communication using photography, illustration, animation and/or computer based graphic design.
Aims of course
1 To foster a fully developed understanding of the interrelationship between the finished work and the critical thinking and research undertaken as part of its development.
2 To foster development and resolution, to a high level, a personal theme or project in visual communication, using appropriate technical and conceptual strategies.
3 To foster professional and well considered approaches in the presentation of work created in this module.
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based, Demonstration, Email Assistance, Group Crit, Individual Mentoring, Review, Tutorial.
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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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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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Show evidence of a high degree of originality and a distinct personal language in finished work and the research which supports it.
2. Demonstrate a highly competent command of skills in the handling of a range of appropriate visual communication techniques.
3. Show professionalism, good judgement and a highly considered approach to the selection and presentation of a resolved body of work for assessment. |
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
Periodicals: Baseline, Graphis, RAMagazine, Eye, Print, Print Monthly Foto8, Aperture, The Face, ID, Creative Review, European Photography, Portfolio Magazine, Blind Spot, Frieze, Artforum |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 80 hours
Directed study 40 hours
Self-directed study 80 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | VISUAL COMMUNICATION, PERSONAL THEME, PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATION, ANIMATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN |
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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