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Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 4 (DESI10001)

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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits40
Home subject areaDesign Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
This course enables students to develop a personal, integrated, critical and reflective design approach appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated projects within a studio environment.

Aims of course
1 develop and consolidate personal creative methods, techniques and approaches
2 explore how practitioners generate and justify personal project briefs
3 develop and consolidate personal approaches to materials and processes

Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Design Studio 3 (DESI09001) AND Design Research 3 (DESI09002) AND Professional Design Practice 3 (DESI09003) AND Design Context 3 (DESI09012)) OR (SCQF9 QUAL)
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Design Research 4 (DESI10002) AND Design Context 4 (DESI10006) AND Professional Design Practice 4 (DESI10003)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
Appropriate SCQF Level 9 Qualification or equivalent.

Co-requisites
DESI10002, DESI10003, DESI10006

This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Additional Costs course materials and study trips
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 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: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 50, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 320 )
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. INITIATE: demonstrate the initiation and evaluation of original creative concepts in response to research findings through critical assessment
2. EVALUATE: demonstrate the evaluation of the development of projects through a structured, transparent and personal methodology and considered judgment
3. RESOLVE: demonstrate appropriate material development through a transparent iterative process, leading to resolved outcomes at an appropriate professional standard, demonstrating an integrated relationship between practice, theory and industry
Assessment Information
Portfolio of work - end of year viva
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
Personal Bibliography to be determined in discussion with Studio Tutors
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 30 hours
Directed study 130 hours
Self-directed study 240 hours
Total 400 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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