Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1992-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent
1 archive box
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Collections of 3-year Academic Plans for GSA Schools and Courses, setting out the plans for the development of the School or Course over the next planning period. Plans include aims, future structure of the course, requests for resources and equipment that will support future plans, teaching & learning strategies, student target numbers, and staff development. These academic plans are part of the annual reporting process and are often produced at the same time as the Annual Course Reports (AC/5/2 above). These plans were/are sometimes used in the formation of other documents such as Strategic Plans (see GSAA/GOV/8/1), Course Reviews (see AC/5/7) and the Report to Senate (see AC/5/1 above). In 1996/1997 there are Strategic Plans for non academic units e.g. the Registry Department, based on the pro forma for the Academic Plans. From session 2000/2001 the plan documents are called 'Strategic Plans' and these include non academic plans for departments such as Registry, Estates and Development. Academic Plans as follows: AC/5/3/1: Proposed Academic Plans, 1992/1993-1995/1996 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses: Ceramics; MA Design; Drawing & Painting; Embroidered & Woven Textiles; Environmental Art; Fine Art; M. Phil Fine Art Film; First Year Studies (draft); Graphic Design, Illustration & Photography; Historical and Critical Studies; Interior Design; The Library; Photography; Printed & Knitted Textiles; Printmaking; Product Design; Sculpture; Silversmithing and Jewellery; BA/BA Hons in the Social Applications of Art & Design. AC/5/3/2: Proposed Academic Plans, 1993/1994-1996/1997 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses: AV/TV Department; Ceramics; School of Design and Craft; School of Design and Craft Academic Plans Summary and Short Term Priorities; Master of Design; Embroidered and Woven Textiles; Environmental Art; Master of Fine Art (M.F.A.); School of Fine Art (and appendix for Computers and Electronic Media); Department of First Year Studies; Graphics; Historical and Critical Studies; Interior Design; The Library; Mackintosh School of Architecture; Mackintosh School of Architecture B ARCH Degree course; Mackintosh School of Architecture Diploma Course; Mackintosh School of Architecture Postgraduate Course; Painting; Photography; Printmaking; Printed and Knitted Textiles; Product Design; Sculpture; Silversmithing and Jewellery. AC/5/3/3: Proposed Academic Plans, 1994/1995-1997/1998 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses: The Art Lover's House, 1994; School of Core & Contextual Studies; Design School, including prioritised recommendations; Environmental Art; Master of Fine Art (M.F.A.); School of Fine Art; Historical & Critical Studies; The Library; Mackintosh School of Architecture; Painting; Photography; Printmaking; Product Design; Product Design Engineering; Sculpture. AC/5/3/4: Proposed Academic Plans, 1995/1996-1998/1999 (1 document) For Schools/Courses: Mackintosh School of Architecture. AC/5/3/5: Proposed Academic Plans, 1996/1997-1999/2000 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses/Departments: School of Design and Craft; School of Fine Art; Historical and Critical Studies; Annual Report and Academic Plan for Library and Information Services; Mackintosh School of Architecture (annotated draft copy); Registry (annotated draft copy). AC/5/3/6: [Proposed Academic Plans, 1997/1998-2000/2001 wanting] AC/5/3/7: Proposed Academic Plans, 1998/1999-2001/2002 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses: Ceramics; School of Design and Craft; Interior Design; Printed and Knitted Textiles; Product Design; Product Design Engineering; Silversmithing and Jewellery; Visual Communication. AC/5/3/8: Proposed Academic Plans, 1999/2000-2002/2003 (1 folder) For Schools: School of Design and Craft. NB includes a handwritten note stating that there were no departmental academic plans this year. Also includes draft plans for Printed and Knitted Textiles and Visual Communications. AC/5/3/9: Strategic Plans, 2000-2004 (1 folder) For Schools/Courses/Departments: Department of Continuing Education; School of Design and Craft appendices; Development Department; Digital Design Studio; Director's Strategies; Estates Office; Exhibitions; School of Fine Art; Historical & Critical Studies; Information Services Strategy and Plan; Mackintosh School of Architecture; Registry; School of Fine Art; Taffner Curator's Plan.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Annual Course Plans arranged chronologically and within, Schools and Departments are arranged alphabetically.
General Information
Name of creator
Archival history
The Glasgow School of Art Academic Council was re-constituted in 1991 and a proposal for the creation of formalised Course Reports was accepted at the 103rd meeting of the Academic Council (16 Dec 1991). The Reports were to be presented to the Academic Standards Committee. Responses to External Examiner's Reports were to be included in the Annual Course Reports.
Part of the annual reporting process was the formation of Proposed Academic Plans and these were to be submitted to the Academic Council. These departmental plans informed the School's overall Strategic Plan.
These documents: The Annual Course Reports, External Examiner's Reports, and the Proposed Academic Plans, were also used in the formation of the Annual Report to Senate from 1997 onwards and in the session 1996/1997 the School produced joint Academic Plans/Course Reports. However, due to the complexity of the documents, the School reverted to separate Course Reports and Academic Plans the following year.
From session 2000/2001 the plan documents are called 'Strategic Plans' and these include non academic plans for departments such as Registry, Estates and Development.
Custodial history
Physical Description and Conditions of Use
Conditions governing access
Plans over 30 years old are available for public consultation. Permission from the board of governors is needed for access to those which are less than 30 years old. Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections are open for research by appointment.