Undergraduate Course: Design Context 2 (DESI08004)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course introduces you to the defining characteristics and events of modernity and postmodernity and to the key critical concepts of modernism and postmodernism by which we comprehend these ideas. It identifies and engages with the significant critical and aesthetic debates and creative practices that have shaped visual culture since the late nineteenth century.
Aims of course
1 To enable you to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of visual culture since the late nineteenth century.
2 To help you develop competence, imagination and understanding when applying key critical concepts relevant to the analysis and production of visual culture.
3 To introduce key critical concepts that will establish a foundation for the theoretical development of your studio practice.
Mode of delivery
blended learning: lectures, workshops, tutorials, projects, presentations, visits, social e-learning |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
DESI07001, DESI07002, DESI07003, DESI07004 or appropriate SCQF Level 7 Qualification or equivalent.
Co-requisites
DESI08001, DESI08002, DESI08003
This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. |
Additional Costs | course materials and study trips |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 180 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 44,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 32,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
120 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. RESEARCH: Research and show a detailed knowledge of a range of critical and creative approaches using a variety of appropriate tools.
2. ANALYSE: Demonstrate an applied knowledge of critical and creative developments both in your field and in relation to their wider cultural influence.
3. COMMUNICATE: Show initiative in managing your work and convey creative ideas in a range of imaginatively structured and coherent forms. |
Assessment Information
TBC |
Special Arrangements
This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
Not entered |
Transferable skills |
Not entered |
Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Connor, C (1997). Postmodernist Culture: an introduction to theories of the contemporary. Oxford: Blackwell. Harrison, C & Wood, P (2003) Art in Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Hopkins, D (2000) After Modern Art:1945 - 2000. Oxford: OUP. Sparke, P (2004) An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century. London: Routeledge. Weston, R (2002) Modernism. London: Phaidon. Woodham, J (1997) Twentieth Century Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Contact hours 32 hours
Directed study 44 hours
Self-directed study 124 hours
Total 200 hours |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Jonathan Murray
Tel: (0131 6)51 5722
Email: jonny.murray@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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