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Undergraduate Course: Product Design Practice and Theory (AREA08002)

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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaDesign Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is currently only available to students in ESALA.

This course introduces architecture students to the discipline of Product Design. Students will engage with the current debates in contemporary Product Design, and be introduced to the fundamental knowledge and skills of product design and how they complement their own architectural practice. Students work on a series of exercises and projects of differing timeframes and increasing complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to develop an iterative creative process that incorporates making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.

Aims:
1) introduce basic creative methods, techniques and approaches
2) explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs
3) introduce materials and processes

Mode of delivery will be Studio-Based Project Work, Lectures, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs course materials
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  21
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 1, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 13, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
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. EVALUATE: evaluate and respond to product design project briefs, and formulate appropriate approaches.

2. DEVELOP: apply fundamental product design material and conceptual development through a transparent iterative process.

3. REALISE: realise product design project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies.
Assessment Information
Assessment plan not entered.
Special Arrangements
This course is only available to student in ESALA.
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Indicative Bibliography
Specific Bibliography will be determined by tutors.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact Hours 30 hours
Directed Study 85 hours
Self-Directed Study 85 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Douglas Bryden
Tel: (0131 6)51 5728
Email: d.bryden@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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