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Undergraduate Course: Professional Design Practice 3 (DESI09003)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaDesign Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
This course develops students' professional awareness of current working methods and practices within their discipline in order to underpin their studio work and plan their personal focus and direction within the discipline

Aims of course
1 introduce advanced professional practices and methods
2 enable students to begin to position their personal practice within the discipline
3 explore a range of appropriate design methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work

Mode of delivery
Projects, Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, External Visits, Project Review
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
DESI08001, DESI08002, DESI08003, DESI08004 or appropriate SCQF Level 8 Qualification or equivalent.

Co-requisites
DESI09001, DESI09002, DESI09012

Prohibited combinations
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  180
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. EVALUATE: demonstrate a recognition of the professional context for the discipline and apply appropriate professional practices
2. REFLECT: demonstrate the ability to reflect on their personal position and potential direction within the professional context
3. COMMUNICATE: communicate proposals, concepts and responses orally, visually and in writing, using a variety of appropriate methods
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered
Special Arrangements
This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Indicative Bibliography
Bibliography to be determined and discussed with studio tutors
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 25 hours
Directed study 75 hours
Self-directed study 100 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Robert Gillan
Tel: 0131 221 6131
Email: r.gillan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel:
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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