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Undergraduate Course: Design Context 3 (DESI09012)

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 encourages you to develop a sophisticated theoretical narrative and historical perspective for your practice. The focus is placed more upon your own work and its development in relation to the broader field of visual culture.

Aims of course
1 To encourage you to critically reappraise your practice and to support you in developing a variety of communication skills.
2 To offer you a range of short electives that allow you to pursue your key creative ideas in more depth and detail.
3 To introduce you to a variety of creative research approaches and to aid you in the development of appropriate research methods that you can test out in your own practice.

Mode of delivery
blended learning: lectures, workshops, tutorials, projects, visits, e-learning
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, DESI09003
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. RESEARCH: Research and show a critical understanding of several principal methods of enquiry and employ a diverse range of research applications and sources.
2. ANALYSE: Demonstrate a critical understanding of several areas of visual culture that enable you to analyse, evaluate and reflect critically on your own field.
3. COMMUNICATE: Successfully communicate your research, analysis and professional initiative in a range of well structured, coherent and creative forms.
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
Blaxter, L. et al (2001)How to Research. Buckingham: Open University Press. Booth, W. et al (1995)The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Cottrell, S (2005)Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Rampley, M. (ed) (2001) Exploring Visual Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.Rose, G (2001)Visual Methodologies. London: Sage. Sturken M & Cartwright L (2001)Practices of Looking. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 32 hours
Directed study 24 hours
Self-directed study 144 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jessica Hemmings
Tel:
Email: j.hemmings@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel:
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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