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. |
| Course description |
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.
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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 |
Formative feedback in one to one tutorials and group seminars
Summative feedback at end of semester 1 addressing each LO.
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| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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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 |
Formative feedback in one to one tutorials and group seminars
Summative feedback at end of semester 1 addressing each LO.
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| 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, demonstrating a creative and original response to new problems and issues within the discipline.
- Regularly present the results of your research for the scrutiny of your tutors and peers demonstrating a critical understanding of the principal theories and current issues in contemporary art practice.
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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 Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: |
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