Postgraduate Course: TPG Practices (ARTX11027)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This module enables you to reconsider your contribution to the field of contemporary art. Each year, three themes in contemporary theory and practice are identified for group research. The themes focus your consideration of contemporary art's increasingly diverse subject-matter, geographies,ecologies and processes. Crits and tutorials help you to critically re-assess your working methods and practices and to re-conceptualise and present your work in relation to this rapidly expanding field. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 28,
Fieldwork Hours 16,
Online Activities 40,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
297 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Seminar Participation
Portfolio
Research
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
(
Lecture Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 28,
Fieldwork Hours 16,
Online Activities 40,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
297 )
|
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Seminar Participation
Portfolio
Research
|
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Prepare for and make constructive contributions to tutorials, crits and seminars focusing on the field of contemporary art.
- Critically re-assess, develop and re-structure your working methods, theories and practices.
- Regularly present the results of your research for the scrutiny of your tutors and peers.
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Reading List
ELKINS, James ' Why Art Cannot Be Taught',University of Illinois Press, 2001.
MADOFF, Steven Henry, Art School: (Propositions for the 21st Century), MIT Press, 2009.
KOCUR, ZOYA. and LEUNG, SIMON. Theory in Contemporary Art: From 1985 to the Present, Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
THORNTON, Sarah, Seven Days in Art World, Granta, 2008.
TAYLOR, BRANDON. Art Today, Laurence King Publishing, 2004.
FOWLE, KATE To Be Continued»: Contemporary Art Practice in Public Places, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 2003.
RANCIERE, Jacques, The Future of the Image, Verso, 2009.
VIRILLIO, Paul, 'Art and Fear', Continuum, 2003.
JULIAN. Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art, Oxford University Press, 2004.
DOHERTY, CLAIRE. Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation, London: Black Dog, 2004. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | PGCert in Contemporary Art, School of Art |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Beagles
Tel: (0131 6)51 5909
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852
Email: |
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