Undergraduate Course: Scottish Art in the Age of Change 1945-2000 (HIAR10035)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The central purpose of this course will be to examine the complex and shifting relationship between the work of the major post-war Scottish artists and the wider developments of modern and postmodern art. The structure of the course will be broadly chronological. It will examine the development of the post-war Scottish and international art scenes, concentrating on the dominant characteristics and themes in the art of this period. This will require the students to focus their critical attention on how Scottish artists have responded and contributed to such aspects of modern and contemporary art as - realism, expressionism, abstraction, constructivism, conceptionalism, feminism, etc. These topics will not only be examined in terms of their stylistic features, but also within the context of socio-historical study and visual critical theory. The course is designed so that lectures, seminars and essay topics complement one another. It is hoped that some of the seminars will take place in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: History of Art 2 (HIAR08012) OR Architectural History 2A (ARHI08002) AND Architectural History 2B (ARHI08003)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have at least 3 History of Art courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 18
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 173 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1 two-hour examination paper (50%) and 1 extended essay (50%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Scottish Art in the Age of Change 1945-2000		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 6
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1 two-hour examination paper (50%) and 1 extended essay (50%)
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Learning Outcomes
This course will provide detail knowledge and critical understanding of the historical and artistic development of modern and contemporary Scottish art from 1945 to 2000. The students should also gain an introduction to the broader contextual dimensions of post-war international art. There is now an extensive bibliography on Scottish art of this period; both in the form of primary source material, and also a swelling body of secondary critical texts. The students will need to seek out and study a range of textual commentaries as well as critically examining the visual nature of the art itself. Furthermore, they should also acquire a secure understanding of the critical theoretical writing on modern and contemporary art which has been produced during the last few decades. Thus they should then be able to discuss in the seminars and write in their essays about difficult and demanding art historical and theoretical concepts which need to be mastered for a fuller aesthetic appreciation and critical understanding of the course material.