Undergraduate Course: Research Methodologies and Reflective Practice II: Introduction to Research Methods and Reflective Practice (ARTX07020)
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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
This module builds on previously acquired skills in research and reflective practice and encourages students to think in a structured and reflective way about their own studio practice and the research that supports it. Students will undertake a range of tasks that make a bridge between studio- based work and non-studio based research. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To foster consideration and understanding of the fundamental interrelationship between studio work and the research and critical thinking undertaken as part of its development.      
2 To acquire appropriate skills necessary to articulate and express these ideas in verbal and written form.   
3 To develop an understanding of the ways in which approved Studentship activities contribute to this module   
 
Mode of delivery 
Peer group discussion, seminar, on-line assistance, class/distance based exercises, tutorial. 
 
This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art.  
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| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Demonstrate understanding of techniques of non studio based research and how to deploy these to advance studio practice in co-requisite modules.  
2. Show competence in presenting research materials to a group and also for assessment, using both verbal and visual presentation methods 
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which Studentship enhances individual learning, specifically within a group.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
| This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Core Bibliography available on eportal. Subject specific bibliography attached to project brief for this module. R. Hughes, R.Nothing if Not Critical, (1987) Harrison, C. & Wood, P Art in Theory 1900-1990 (1996) Wood, P.'Commodity' in RS Nelson and | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 36 hours 
Directed study 0 hours 
Self-directed study 64 hours 
Total 100 hours | 
 
| Keywords | REFLECTIVE PRACTICE, CRITICAL THINKING, COMMUNICATION, RESEARCH | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917 
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Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763 
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