Postgraduate Course: Professional Practice: Briefing 1 (DESI11006)
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 | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Design | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
In this module students will identify an area of interior design for further study. This will lead to a project proposal and be resolved into a formal design brief. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To identify an area of the discipline of Interior Design for further personal study 
2 To propose and investigate a design project within the chosen area of the discipline. 
3 To develop a formal design brief for the project. 
 
Mode of delivery 
lectures, seminars, tutorials  desk based research | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
 
 
Co-requisites  
 
 
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| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. have an attitude to the discipline of Interior design, in all its diverse forms.  
2. be able to identify the potential for design to solve or state wider problems. 
3. be able to resolve a formal interior design brief to an advanced degree.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Adler, David, 'Metric Hadnbook' Architectural press 1999 ISBN 0750608994 | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 15 hours 
Directed study 35 hours 
Self-directed study 50 hours 
Total 100 hours | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
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