Undergraduate Course: MAFA Research 5 (ARTX10004)
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 10 (Year 5 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| 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 allow students to employ a high level of critical analysis in a chosen area of personal research and present a body of work that interrogates studio and current art practice.  
 
Aims of course 
1.Employ a high level of critical reflection in defining aims and objectives within personal Fine Art practice. 
2.Critical analyse a body of research material 
 
 
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 4 (ARTX10002) AND   
MAFA Studio 4 (ARTX10001)  
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Co-requisites |  Students MUST also take:   
MAFA Studio 5 (ARTX10003)  
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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
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  150 | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. ANALYSIS employing a range of research methodologies through the production of a clearly defined research proposal. 
  
2. SYNTHESIS by presenting a body of work incorporating critical thinking and synthesis of the major aims of a personal approach to Fine Art Practice 
3. PRESENTATION of personal practice through a highly focused range of organisational and presentational skills  | 
 
 
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 30 hours 
Directed study 170 hours 
Self-directed study 200 hours 
Total 400 hours | 
 
| Keywords | PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, SCULPTURE, INTERMEDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY, MAFA | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Stuart Bennett 
Tel: 0131 221 6259 
Email: s.bennett@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Sheena Milligan 
Tel: 0131 221 6063 
Email: s.milligan@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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