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Undergraduate Course: Professional Design Practice 4 (DESI10003)

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 10 (Year 4 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 consolidates students professional awareness of working methods and practices within their disciplines current practice in order to underpin their studio work and plan their professional career

Aims of course
1 Enable students to develop personal professional practices and methods
2 Enable students to confidently position their personal practice within the discipline and a broader professional context
3 Enable students to determine the appropriate personal creative methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work to clearly identified audiences/clients/users/stakeholders

Mode of delivery
Self-Generated Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
The appropriate SCQF Level 9 Qualification or equivalent.

Co-requisites
DESI10001, DESI10002, DESI1006
Additional Costs course materials and study trips
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: critically evaluate the discipline, and identify where they wish to position themselves within it
2. REFLECT: reflect upon their work and evaluate it within and beyond the context of their discipline
3. COMMUNICATE: communicate their work persuasively within an appropriate professional context
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
Personal Bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 15 hours
Directed study 65 hours
Self-directed study 120 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Stewart Cordiner
Tel: 0131 221 6119
Email: s.cordiner@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel:
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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