Undergraduate Course: MAFA Research 3 (ARTX09029)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 30 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
This course is designed to support students in their study of the identification, development and presentation of self-generated ideas and by employing a range of appropriate strategies that are embedded within current practice. 
 
Aims of course 
1.To clearly identify and select areas of individual interest and develop a personal visual language. 
2.To develop and analyse the key ideas that underpin studio practice. 
3.To be able to undertake a reflective analysis of material gathered through a range of drawing and research processes 
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio-based, Workshop, Group crit, Presentation, Project, Tutorial | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:   
MAFA Research 2 (ARTX08015) AND   
MAFA Studio 2 (ARTX08014)  
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Co-requisites |  Students MUST also take:   
MAFA Studio 3 (ARTX09028)  
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Class Materials Costs, Books, Study Trips and Site Visits | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. COLLECTION by demonstrating an ability to locate and collate visual information from one or more direct sources.  
2. EVALUATION of visual information and the synthesis ideas through drawing and relevant processes. 
3. COMMUNICATION by the identification and testing of appropriate methods to disseminate ideas  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Workbook/ Sketchbook/ Journal 
Portfolio 
Presentation |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Specific Bibliography will be determined by studio tutors as appropriate to individual students research interest | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 50 hours 
Directed study 100 hours 
Self-directed study 150 hours 
Total 300 hours | 
 
| Keywords | PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, SCULPTURE, INTERMEDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY, MAFA | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Stuart Bennett 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5875 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Ms Sheena Milligan 
Tel: 0131 221 6063 
Email:  | 
   
 
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