Postgraduate Course: Design Studio (DESI11013)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 50 | 
 
| Home subject area | Design | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course is only available to students in the School of Design. 
 
Indicative course content 
Students work on self-selected and generated projects, which offer the opportunity to undertake a wide-ranging and in-depth practical and theoretical investigation into their chosen discipline. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To develop individual practice and professional, technical and creative skills 
2 To promote a professional approach to manage, structure and resolve an innovative contribution to their discipline 
3 Enable students to propose, justify and undertake an advanced personal project with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods 
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Lectures, Tutorials | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
Appropriate SCQF Level 10 Qualification or equivalent. 
 
Co-requisites  
MA - DESI11012, DESI11015, DESI11016, DESI11018, DESI11019 
MFA- DESI11012, DESI11014, DESI11015, DESI11016, DESI11017, DESI11018, DESI11019 
 
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| Additional Costs |  course materials and study trips | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  150 | 
 
	
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. EXPLORE: Demonstrate independent initiative and self-critical application of original ideas  
2. DEVELOP: Demonstrate a fully integrated, critical and contextualised relationship between creative practice and research 
3. SYNTHESISE: Generate, evaluate and consolidate original research towards the production of realised projects  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
| This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |   
 
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 in discussion with Tutors | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 40 hours 
Directed study 160 hours 
Self-directed study 300 hours 
Total 500 hours | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Juliette Macdonald 
Tel: 0131 221 6196 
Email: juliette.macdonald@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mr Neale Summers 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740 
Email: n.summers@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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