Postgraduate Course: Research-led Practice (Drawing and Painting) - Postgraduate (ARTX12004)
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 12 (n/a) | 
Credits | 60 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
Working in an independant manner and concentrate on in-depth research and critical enquiry 
 
Aims of course 
1 To promote research and critical analysis to enhance the ability to produce a innovative body of work. 
2 To develop an appropriate method of documenting, archiving and presenting your research.  
3 To increase understanding of the synthesis between development and appropriate realisation of work 
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio-based, Installation, Site Visit, Technical support, Tutorials, Group Crit. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
 
 
Co-requisites  
 
 
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. Articulate working processes, utilising appropriate terminology to a peer group and wider audiences  
2. Demonstrate a significant integration of individual practice and creative presentation 
3. Demonstrate an ability to lead and self-initiate and/or collaborate with others in organising events and exhibitions  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
| N.B. This module only contributes to the MFA award. |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Art practice as research : inquiry in the visual arts / Graeme Sullivan. Published:  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005.  Thinking through art : reflections on art as research / edited by Katy Macleod and Lin Holdridge. Published:  London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.  Hans Ulrich Obrist : interviews / edited by Thomas Boutoux. Published:  Florence : Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery ; Milan : Charta, c2003- Notes:  The first part of the author&©s interview project containing 66 i | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 20 hours 
Directed study 150 hours 
Self-directed study 430 hours 
Total 600 hours | 
 
| Keywords | RESEARCH, CRITICAL ANALYSIS, STUDIO PRACTICE | 
 
 
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