The 21st century is seeing exciting changes ripple through art,
design and architecture; changes driven by fresh ways of thinking
allowed by advancing technology. The Digital Culture programme at
The Glasgow School of Art embraces the creative possibilities
opened up by digital technologies to reveal alternative approaches
to design and artistic expression. Through studying the programme
you will learn a specialised creative approach, an understanding of
the digital world and an advanced ability in digital tool usage to
create attention-grabbing content, products, and artefacts for
different digital platforms. You will graduate with the ability to
translate between the contrasting languages of the visual and
technical using a fusion of skills and aptitudes that allow you to
combine art and design creativity with technology.
Digital Culture is a fast-paced, evolving discipline that
remains in a perpetual state of flux; the content of the programme
is kept current and topical through strong links with industry and
digital art practioners. During the four years of study you will
participate in critical discussions and inquiry led learning to
explore significant historical and contemporary theories associated
with digital culture in architecture, art and design and consider
their impact on interconnected global society.
Forum for Critical
Inquiry
A element of the programme is delivered by the Forum for
Critical Inquiry (FoCI) The Forum is an essential component of the
programme. For most of the four years of undergraduate programmes
in design and fine art, one day per week of the student timetable
is allocated to the Forum. It is a cross-school and
externally linked critical mass of diverse research expertise in
broad-based critical studies for contemporary creative practices in
design, art and architecture.
The range of teaching styles varies from traditional keynote
lectures to interactive discussion groups and experiential
learning. Courses are constructed in order to both underpin studio
practice and to open out and extend the range of student
research.
All students are required to attend lectures and discussion
groups, to make oral presentations, to write essays and in the
final year, to present a piece of personal research in the form of
an Extended Essay (20% of the final degree mark) or a Dissertation
(30% of the final degree mark).
Students requiring learning support are provided with additional
teaching tailored to individual needs. Each student also has a
departmental contact tutor who acts in an advisory and pastoral
capacity in relation to progress in Forum for Critical Inquiry.
