Undergraduate Course: History of Art Independent Project (Combined Honours in Arabic and History of Art) (HIAR10028)
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 | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | While studying abroad during their third year students work on a History of Art independent project. The project is assessed on the basis of a History of Art independent project report of no more than 8,000 words. Students are expected, while abroad, to follow history of art courses, if available, and to take advantage of galleries, museums and monuments accessible to them. The topic, which need not relate to the country in which the student is studying, will be agreed between the student and the supervisor, who will suggest introductory bibliography and will help the student to define the project. The student and the supervisor then agree a subject for an essay on an aspect of the project. The student will provide, by a set date in the middle of Semester 1, a brief outline of both the essay and the independent project report. The supervisor will comment on both these outlines so that this feedback reaches the student in time for necessary adjustments to be made to the project before the student leavers the host country. The completed essay (of no more than 3,000 words) will be sent to the History of Art office by a set date early in Semester 2. By a set date towards the end of Semester 2, the student will send a fuller outline of the report (indicating a line of argument and the division into chapters) and a bibliography to the History of Art office. The supervisor will return these with comments. The student will then write a full draft of the report to be handed in to the History of Art office on the first day of Semester 1 of the student's fourth year. The supervisor will then read and discuss the draft with the student. Two copies of the completed independent project report (of between 6,000 and 8,000 words) must handed in to the History of Art office no later than the end of week 4 of Semester 1 of the student's fourth year. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
History of Art 2 (HIAR08008)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Project Report of no more than 8,000 words in length |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
| The principal aim of the History of Art independent project is to provide a structure for students taking honours degrees combining a language with the history of art to continue their history of art work during their third year abroad. The project also allows students to work independently but with guidance on a history of art topic of their own choice. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities abroad for extending and developing their knowledge and understanding of the history of art and also to get to know the visual culture of the country in which they are working by visiting galleries, museums etc. Attending history of art courses, in the language of the host country, can help the student to make connecions between the two sides of their degree. The project requires the student to study independently and to pace his or her research and writing up appropriately. Working on the History of Art project report provides students with experience in finding and using bibliographical and visual sources and in the critical use of those sources. It also gives the student experience in preparing a longer piece of writing with a sustained argument and in accordance with a set of guidelines. The project also serves as preparation for work on the fourth-year dissertation. An obvious difficulty for students doing a History of Art project abroad during their third year is that face-to-face supervision is not possible while they are away from Edinburgh. It is therefore essential that the student keeps in contact by email and post with the History of Art office and the supervisor. To compensate for this difficulty the supervisor reads and discusses a brief draft of the report with the student on the student's return to Edinburgh at the end of the semester abroad, and will be available for further meetings in the course of Semester 2. To allow the student the opportunity for final revisions the hand-in date is set at the end of week 4 of Semester 1
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Robert Hillenbrand
Tel: (0131 6)50 4118
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Course secretary | Mrs Sue Cavanagh
Tel: (0131 6)51 1460
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