Undergraduate Course: Studio Practice Exchange (Design) 60 credits (DESI09008)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This course enables students to develop knowledge and skills appropriate to their discipline within a specific cultural and professional context. Students work on a series of design projects of differing time-frames and complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to collect and analyse research that is creatively informed and critically aware, to enable the development of an integrated iterative process incorporating designing, making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.
Aims of course
1 to develop high level design and research methods, techniques and approaches
2 to explore how designers personally conceptualise design briefs and position themselves in the discipline
3 to introduce the cultural and social parameters impacting on design practice in Scotland
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
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| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 230,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 70,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
288 )
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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 |
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
(
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 230,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 70,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
288 )
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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. demonstrate proficiency in the research, initiation and development of projects through structured, transparent methodologies
2. apply the creative processes of design to generate, evaluate and resolve concepts through critical assessment and considered judgement with reference to professional practice
3. demonstrate an awareness of the cultural and social context of the host institution |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Discipline Specific and Personal Bibliographies to be determined by discussion with Studio Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 70 hours
Directed study 230 hours
Self-directed study 300 hours
Total 600 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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