Postgraduate Course: Research-led Practice (Sculpture) - Postgraduate (ARTX12003)
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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
You will work in an independent way and concentrate on in-depth research focus and critical analysis related to areas fo personal interest.
Aims of course
1 To promote rigorous research and critical analysis in your chosen areas of focus.
2 To develop your ability to document, archive and professionally present your research explorations and findings.
3 To enhance your ability to translate your research and to innovatively incorporate and disseminate this through your art practice.
Mode of delivery
Studio-based, Tutorials, Project Space, Exhibitions, Group Crit, Visiting Artists. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-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. Demonstrate an advanced ability to assemble research information from areas of personal interest and develop a unique method of archiving and presenting your explorations and findings.
2. Articulate the translation of individual research explorations through Project Space exhibition and critical dialogue with your peer group and invited audience.
3. Demonstrate the ability to evolve systems of working which enable your practice to be continuously underpinned and informed by research. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| Refer to Postgraduate Handbook |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
SULLIVAN, GRAEME, Art practice as Research: Inquiry in the Visual Arts Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005. NCNIFF, SHAUN. Art-based Research. London : Jessica Kingsley, 1998. GRAY, CAROLE, Visualizing Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design Aldershot : Ashgate, 2004. STRANDMAN, Pia. No guru, no method? : Discussion on Art and Design Research Helsinki : U.I.A.H, 1998. AUSTIN, F. (1999). "Practice-based research", Artists' Newsletter, April. 5. GILBERT, J. (1998).&ªLegitimising sketchbooks as a research tool in an academic setting&ª, Journal of Art and Design Education, vol. 17 no. 3. 255-266. HANRAHAN, S. (1998). "The possibility of dialogue: The relationship between 'words' and 'art-making' in fine art research", Drawing Fire, vol. 2 no. 2 Winter. 29-31. HOCKEY, J. (1999). "Writing and making: Problems encountered by practice-based research degree students." Point, no. 7, Spring/Summer. 38-43. |
| 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, ARCHIVE |
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