FA1CS: Part 1 Contextual Lecture

Module Provider:

Fine Art

Number of credits:

20 [10 ECTS credits]

Level:

C (Certificate)

Terms in which taught:

Autumn and Spring

Module Convenor:

Dr JL Dronsfield

Pre-requisites:

Portfolio and Interview

Co-requisites:

FA1MP

Modules excluded:

Module version for:

2006/7

Aims:
This module aims to introduce students to ideas and issues of importance in the development of contemporary art practice. It seeks to develop students’ research skills, written and verbal articulacy and to encourage an environment of discussion and informed critical awareness.

Assessable learning outcomes:
On completion of this module it is expected that students will be able to demonstrate:
• the ability to structure a coherent written response to works of art
• the ability to identify relevant information sources
• an understanding of the conventions of bibliography

Additional outcomes:
This module also aims to encourage the ability to maintain a record of relevant information. Students will also develop IT skills by use of relevant web resources.

Outline content:
This module provides an introduction to critical issues of contemporary relevance through a series of lectures exploring the history of modern and contemporary art. Students will examine the difference between both primary and secondary sources.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Students will attend lectures and visit museums and galleries, including major public collections, commercial shows, and more transient exhibiting spaces. Gallery visits may require preparatory research reading. Students will submit two essays and will be expected to maintain a file containing handouts and keep a record/notebook of their experience of gallery visits.

Contact hours:

Assessment:
Coursework: Two 1000-2000 word essays. The essays will be counted for examination subject to scrutiny by a second internal examiner. Both must be submitted in order to gain a pass.

Relative percentage of coursework: 100%

Penalties for late submission: Ten marks (out of 100 on the normal University conventional scale ie 10%) will be deducted from work submitted up to one calendar week after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to that deadline). Once this period has elapsed a mark of zero will be recorded.

Requirements for a pass: A mark of 40% overall.

Reassessment arrangements: Resubmission by September 1st with a maximum mark of 40%.