Undergraduate Course: Design Context 4 (extended) (DESI10007)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| 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 offers a more prolonged and ambitious investigation into an individual topic within the broad field of visual culture. Research may relate directly to your studio work or extend beyond the normal parameters of your practice. You will identify a research question relating to your topic and utilise appropriate methods to enable you to produce an in-depth reflection, supporting argument and contextualisation in your response.
Aims of course
1 Develop the skills necessary to indentify a creative and individual research project and appropriate methods for an extended research project.
2 Extend your research, contextualisation and reflective skills to enable the successful completion of a sustained research project.
3 Nurture visual and written communication skills that enable you to critically articulate your analytical and creative processes in the form of a research project.
Mode of delivery
blended learning: lectures, workshops, tutorials, e-learning |
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:
400
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Lecture Hours 4,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
384 )
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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 reason a critical understanding of the key theories, practices and methods that inform a sustained project and employ an appropriate range of research applications and sources.
2. ANALYSE: Creatively analyse and synthesise the results of your extended research.
3. COMMUNICATE: Demonstrate your ability to manage, structure, resolve and communicate your own innovative extended research project. |
Assessment Information
| c. 1200 word dissertation on topic of an individual student's choosing. |
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
Blaxter, L et al (2001), How to Research, Buckingham: Open University Press. Booth, W et al (1995), The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Boyle, G (2003), Design Project Management. Aldershot: Ashgate. Emmison, M (2000) Researching the Visual. London: SAGE. Gray, C (2004) Visualizing Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design. Aldershot: Ashgate. Sullivan, G (2005)Art Practice as Research: Inquiry in the Visual Arts. London: SAGE. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 8 hours
Directed study 22 hours
Self-directed study 370 hours
Total 400 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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