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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Undergraduate Course: Art and Design (ARCH07001)

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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course offers a grounding in the skills and techniques of representation necessary for architectural design, including analogue and digital drawing and three-dimensional modelling. It also serves to introduce students to a wider range of representational media and practices in the fields of art and design. It offers the insights into the expressive and communicative possibilities of disciplines related to architecture and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students also take Architectural Design: Elements (ARCH08001) AND Technology and Environment: Principles (ARCH08002) AND Architectural History: Introduction to World Architecture (ARCH08003) AND Architectural Design: Assembly (ARCH08004) AND Architectural History: Revivalism to Modernism (ARCH08005)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Processes and materials involved in the presentation of work: printing and reprographic charges, photographic costs, drawing and modelling materials; digital storage etc.
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information Core activities scheduled between Semester 1, Mondays, 9.00-15.30. Lectures each week 9.00-11.00, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA main building, Lauriston Place. Studio activities 11.00-3.30. A mixture of methods used: supervised learning, directed learning and independent learning.
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 11, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 141 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Awareness of a range of representational techniques and how these may be activated within art and design practice and support the wider communication of ideas;
2. Awareness of a variety of media and methods of production in contemporary art and design practice, and a capacity to appropriately evaluate them with a reflective, critical and integrated approach.

3. Ability to work to deadlines and explicitly convey ideas in a well structured and coherent way.
Assessment Information
Assessment through coursework, portfolio and sketch books.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsArt, Design, Drawing, Representation
Contacts
Course organiserMr Harvey Dingwall
Tel: (0131 6)51 5726
Email: h.dingwall@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk
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