Postgraduate Course: Studio (Design) - Postgraduate (DESI11009)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 60 |
Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | Indicative course content
This module enables students to develop a personal integrated, critical and reflective design research approach appropriate to their chosen design discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated design projects within a design studio environment.
Aims of course
1 Develop and consolidate advanced personal design methods, techniques and approaches
2 Explore how designers generate and justify personal design briefs in the context of their discipline
3 Develop and consolidate advanced personal approaches to materials and processes
Mode of delivery
Self-Generated Design Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials, Crits, Presentations, Lectures |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Professional Practice (Design)
Co-requisites
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Professional Practice (Design)
Prohibited combinations
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Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. master the creative processes of design and be able to generate and evaluate original concepts through critical assessment and considered judgement and reflection
2. master appropriate material development through a transparent critical and reflective iterative process that leads to a resolved outcome
3. challenge established design precepts and aesthetic, socio-cultural, ethical and technical assumptions, and propose and reflect upon appropriate directions of personal practice and research |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
Academic description |
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Personal bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors |
Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Contact hours 45 hours
Directed study 195 hours
Self-directed study 360 hours
Total 600 hours |
Keywords | DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS, FASHION AND TEXTILES, VISUAL COMMUNICATION |
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