Module Details
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Title AESTHETIC THEORY AND PRACTICE
Code PHIL755
Coordinator Dr P Vassilopoulou
Philosophy
P.Vassilopoulou@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 30

Aims

To acquaint students with some current issues, thematic and historical, in aesthetics, cultural theory, institutional practice, and provide them with an advanced understanding of these issues.

To acquaint students with broad historical art movements

To acquaint students with the research interests and methods of professional philosophers and other theorists of the arts.

To provide a friendly and constructive forum for advanced discussion and debate.

To enable students to develop to the skills of argument to an advanced level.

To provide students an opportunity to produce a substantial, sophisticated and coherent piece of written work of their own on one of the topics covered.

To help in these ways to prepare students for research in a related area.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students taking this module will be able to show an advanced understanding of the topics covered, the methods employed by researchers of these topics, and of some recent developments in the fields involved. In their written work they will demonstrate a rigorous and sophisticated grasp of one of the topics studied, and an advanced mastery of argumentation and the ability to organise material in a coherent way. Those who receive a mark of 60% or more for their essay will have produced work suggesting the capacity to go on to a research degree; those receiving a mark of 70% or higher will have clearly demonstrated this capacity.

(S1) Communication, listening and questioning respecting others, contributing to discussions.

(S2) Problem solving/ critical thinking/ creativity analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate responses.

(S3) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information

Syllabus
 

The syllabus depends on the research interests of those teaching the module in a given year. An indicative example is:

Week1: Overview and Aims

Weeks 2 to 7 (week 6 is independent study): Artistic Value and Aesthetic Qualities: the Hard Cases

Weeks 8 to 12: Philosophy of Museums.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method:
Seminar
Attendance Recorded:
Yes

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   22

         22
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 278
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Essay. Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies Anonymous Assessment: Yes  6000- words    100       

Recommended Texts
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