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AH501E: RESEARCHING ART AND FAITH (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

This core course focuses on methodological enquiry into art and Christianity through team-taught sessions by Divinity and Art History staff through organised research seminars. The course provides training and support for a small independent research project attached to this course but also the dissertation that concludes the programme.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Karl Kinsella
  • Dr Joanne Anderson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Masters In Theology (September Start) or Master Of Letters In Christianity And The Visual Arts
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This core course focuses on methodological enquiry into art and Christianity through team-taught sessions by Divinity and Art History staff through organised research seminars. The course provides training and support for a small independent research project attached to this course but also the dissertation that concludes the programme.

The course offers students an opportunity to develop their own research questions in a supportive environment and to build on their own interests by taking on board their commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue. The history of interdisciplinary approaches to the past and present can form a platform for reflecting on its advantages and disadvantages in their own work. Students will be introduced to the many physical and digital resources available when addressing their area of interest and for their postgraduate degree more broadly. The aim of the course is to act as a platform in the making of independent and confident interdisciplinary researchers and to respond to students needs in tackling the bigger questions in their respective fields.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks 19 Feedback Weeks 22

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Feedback

Small research project. Written feedback; in-person feedback on request.

Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDemonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context.
ProceduralEvaluateApply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics.
ProceduralUnderstandShow a thorough understanding of the research process in art history and theology.
ReflectionEvaluateEffectively communicate the advantages and disadvantages of certain research approaches and to reflect on their own processes in the construction of scholarly arguments.

Book/article review

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
Assessment Weeks 13 Feedback Weeks 14

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Feedback

Written feedback; in-person feedback on request

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDemonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context.
ProceduralEvaluateApply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics.
ProceduralUnderstandShow a thorough understanding of the research process in art history and theology.
ReflectionEvaluateEffectively communicate the advantages and disadvantages of certain research approaches and to reflect on their own processes in the construction of scholarly arguments.

Tutorial/Seminar Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Evaluated on weekly basis with oral feedback

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDemonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context.
ProceduralEvaluateApply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics.
ProceduralUnderstandShow a thorough understanding of the research process in art history and theology.
ReflectionEvaluateEffectively communicate the advantages and disadvantages of certain research approaches and to reflect on their own processes in the construction of scholarly arguments.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Topic to be determined with course and programme coordinator.

Word Count 5000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralUnderstandShow a thorough understanding of the research process in art history and theology.
ReflectionEvaluateEffectively communicate the advantages and disadvantages of certain research approaches and to reflect on their own processes in the construction of scholarly arguments.
ConceptualApplyDemonstrate knowledge of how to construct research questions within an interdisciplinary context.
ProceduralEvaluateApply knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies in the evaluation of art historical and theological topics.

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