Postgraduate Course: Practice 1 (Art) (ARTX11008)
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 | 50 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
This module will enhance your ability to research, analyse, produce and exhibit your practice. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To promote wide exploration, risk taking and  experimentation in the conceptualisation,  production and presentation of your practice. 
2 To enhance your ability to elucidate and  strengthen your ideas and make innovative work  that contributes to the development of  contemporary art. 
3 To develop your ability to initiate, organise and participate in exhibitions and events. 
 
Mode of delivery 
Group Crit, Installation, Presentation, Studio-Based Tutorial, Seminar. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
 
 
Co-requisites  
 
 
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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. EXPLORE: Demonstrate an advanced ability to link your ideas with materials and processes in a manner related to your practice.  
2. EXPERIMENT: Develop a body of work that is informed by explorative, creative activity and critical discussion. 
3. SYNTHESISE: Evidence innovation and refinement through the appropriate presentation of practice to an audience.  | 
 
 
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  
A companion to contemporary art since 1945 / edited by Amelia Jones. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.    KRAUSS, Rosalind E. A voyage on the North Sea : art in the age of the post-medium condition. London : Thames and Hudson, 1999.    Crow, Thomas E., 1948- Modern art in the common culture. Published:Yale University Press, 1996.    Contemporary art : from studio to situation / edited by Claire Doherty. Published: London : Black Dog Pub., 2004. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 20 hours 
Directed study 100 hours 
Self-directed study 380 hours 
Total 500 hours | 
 
| Keywords | PAINTING, SCULPTURE, INTERMEDIA, PRINTMAKING | 
 
 
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