Postgraduate Course: MA Exhibition and Portfolio (Drawing and Painting) (ARTX11002)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
The culmination of the MA level of the programme will demonstrate your ability to prepare and present your work in an exhibition both for the purposes of assessment and for the wider dissemination and promotion of your practice to peers, public and  a professional audience. 
 
Aims of course 
1 Develop your ability to complete and present  and install your work to a professional standard. 
2 Present the evidence of your research in an appropriate and engaging, succinct and professional manner. 
3 Demonstrate your ability to document your exhibition and archive your practice in the appropriate forms to a professional standard. 
 
Mode of delivery 
Tutorial Group Crit, Installation, Seminar, Studio-Based,Presentation, Individual Mentoring, | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
All modules from level 11. 
 
Co-requisites  
All modules from level 11. 
 
Prohibited combinations  
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| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Demonstrate an advanced ability to present your research focus and evidence of in depth investigation in an appropriate manner.  
2. Demonstrate an ability to complete work to a high standard and design and utilise the most appropriate forms of dissemination which reflect professionalism. 
3. Demonstrate an advanced level of documentation and and archiving  of your practice  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
  Understanding installation art : from Duchamp to Holzer / Mark Rosenthal. Published:  Munich : London : Prestel, 2003.  Thinking about exhibitions / edited by Reesa Greenberg, Bruce W. Ferguson, and Sandy Nairne. Published:  London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.    Contemporary art : from studio to situation / edited by Claire Doherty. Published:  London : Black Dog Pub., c2004.    Investigating galleries : the artist&©s guide to exhibiting. Published: AN Publications. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 15 hours 
Directed study 120 hours 
Self-directed study 265 hours 
Total 400 hours | 
 
| Keywords | PORTFOLIO, EXHIBITION, DOCUMENTATION | 
 
 
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