Postgraduate Course: TPG Masters Project (ARTX11034)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | This course offers the opportunity to undertake wide-ranging and in-depth artistic practice and investigation. |
| Course description |
You are granted considerable freedom to pursue any aspect of the field of contemporary art to be documented in the submission of a Digital Portfolio.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 33 |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
557 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Research based learning. |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback on evidence of planning and development of work for public consumption.
Summative feedback on final project.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research (33%) - Determine, master and apply the most appropriate methods for the production, distribution and consumption of your work.
- Analysis (33%) - Produce a body of work that is scholarly, speculative, original and creatively ambitious.
- Communicate (33%) - Take responsibility for the development and execution of a professionally resolved body of work.
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Reading List
BARRETT, Estelle. and BOLT, Barbara. 'Practice as Research', I B Tauris, 2010.
BLAXTER, L et al. How to Research, Buckingham: OUP, 2001.
CARTER, Paul. "Material Thinking', Melbourne University Press, 2004.
DAICHENDT, James. 'Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research', Intellect, 2011.
EMMISON, M. Researching the Visual, London, SAGE, 2000.
FRANCIS, Pat. 'Inspiring Writing: Taking a Line for a Write', Intellect, 2011.
GRAY and MALLINS, Visualizing Research, Ashgate, 2004.
NCNIFF, Shaun. Art-Based Research London: Jessica Kingsley, 1998.
ROSE, Gillian. Visual Methodologies, Sage, 2006.
SELBY, Aimee (ed.) 'Art and Text', Black Dog, 2009. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
N/A |
| Study Abroad |
N/A |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
N/A |
| Keywords | MA MFA Capstone,School of Art,Postgraduate,Degree Show |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Christine Ellison
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Course secretary | Ms Hollie Gilligan
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