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Undergraduate Course: Research Methodologies and Reflective Practice V: Professional Contexts: Advanced Theory and Practice (ARTX09064)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryIndicative course content
This course offers students the opportunity to acquire and demonstrate the professional skills required to equip them for a successful transition from higher education to the professional context of a working artist or designer-maker.

Aims of course
1. To ensure that students are able to research and apply knowledge related to the professional, legal, ethical and fiscal frameworks within which artists operate in the UK
2. To equip students to enable them to discuss, analyse and present their own work in contexts, fora and formats appropriate to the professional environment of a working artist/designer
3. To develop students' competence in carrying out both individually and within the group studentship activities that are directly relevant to the professional concerns of this module

Mode of delivery: Group discussion, tutorials, Email assistance

This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art).
Course description This is the fifth course in the Research Methodologies and Reflective Practice series and it asks students to research the professional opportunities, such as funding, studios and galleries, which will be open to them when they graduate. The reflective practice aspect allows students to work together to find out more about how other artists and designers think and operate and to present their findings as a group activity. The studentship element encourages further investigation in to activities beyond the degree programme and asks students to reflect on the learning gained.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to students enrolled on BA Combined Studies (School of Art).
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  150
Course Start Full Year
Course Start Date 18/09/2017
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 5, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 8, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 64 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written report relating to professional art and design contexts.
Group presentation.
Report on Studentship activities with self evaluation
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate confident understanding of professional art/design contexts in Scotland and a grasp of related issues of funding and ethics.
  2. Show an ability to work with a peer group to develop advanced joint projects including a presentation to an audience
  3. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the ways in which Studentship enhances individual learning at this level and within the professional environment
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
W Furlong Audio Arts: Discourse and Practice in Contemporary Art (1994) C Harrison ' A Portrait of V.I Lenin in the style of Jackson Pollock' essays on Art and Language (2001) James Elkin The State of Art Criticism 2007
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills reflective practice and analysis, independent working, documenting, studentship and ability analyse contributions to group practice, research skills
Special Arrangements This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art).
KeywordsPROFESSIONAL SKILLS,PROPOSAL,APPLICATION,NETWORKING,PRESENTATION
Contacts
Course organiserMs Joan Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Catriona Morley
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
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