Undergraduate Course: Product Design Practice and Theory (AREA08002)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - Edinburgh College of Art |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This module introduces architecture students to the discipline of Product Design. Students will engage with the current debates in contemporary Product Design, and be introduced to the fundamental knowledge and skills of product design and how they complement their own architectural practice. Students work on a series of exercises and projects of differing timeframes and increasing complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to develop an iterative creative process that incorporates making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.
Aims:
1) introduce basic creative methods, techniques and approaches
2) explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs
3) introduce materials and processes
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
The is an ECA elective module. Available only to ESALA undergraduate students.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 20 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:50, Zone: Other. First class meeting is Wed 9.30am, School of Design, ECA. For more details email For more details please email Jane Thomson - j.thomson@eca.ac.uk |
| Additional information |
Classes will be Monday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm and Wednesday mornings 9.30am - 12.30pm. For more details please email Jane Thomson - j.thomson@eca.ac.uk |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
EVALUATE: evaluate and respond to product design project briefs, and formulate appropriate approaches.
DEVELOP: apply fundamental product design material and conceptual development through a transparent iterative process.
REALISE: realise product design project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies.
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Assessment Information
| Portfolio of project work will be used to assess all learning outcomes. Each outcome will receive a single grade. |
Special Arrangements
| This module is currently only available to student in ESALA and Edinburgh College of Art (eca). As an elective offered by eca, the eca academic assessment regulations will apply to this module (course). |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Mode of delivery will be Studio-Based Project Work, Lectures, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Will be available at start of delivery. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact Hours - 30; Directed Study - 85; Self-Directed Study - 85. Total 200 |
| Keywords |
Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Soledad Garcia Ferrari
Tel: 0131 221 6083
Email: s.garcia@eca.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Jane Thomson
Tel:
Email: j.thomson@eca.ac.uk |
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