Undergraduate Course: Design Research and Context 3a (DESI09023)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Design | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Synopsis 
In this course, students will source and analyse appropriate research material from the broader external context of their discipline, to inform the writing of a study proposal and other appropriate complementary documentation, which will enable them to plan and develop a personal direction for their practice.  
Aims 
1.	To enable the student to identify and evaluate an appropriate range of professional contexts and options. 
2.	To enable the student to develop a coherent plan of study which demonstrates an emerging understanding of personal direction. 
3.	To develop the students' abilities in critical analysis and project management.  
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. EVALUATE: demonstrate a recognition of the philosophical and professional context for the discipline and apply appropriate professional evaluative practices 
  
2. PLAN: demonstrate the ability to reflect on the wider external context and their personal position within it, and formulate a plan for the potential future direction of their work 
 
3. COMMUNICATE: communicate proposal concepts, plans and responses orally, visually and in writing, using a variety of strategies.  
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Assessment Information 
| Portfolio and documentation of project work. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Catharine Rossi 
Tel:  
Email: c.rossi@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson 
Tel:  
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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