Postgraduate Course: Professional Practice (Design) - Postgraduate (DESI11011)
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 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module consolidates students professional awareness of working methods and practices within their disciplines current practice in order to underpin their studio work and plan their professional career in a mature, contextualised manner
Aims of course
1 Enable students to develop advanced personal professional practices and methods
2 Enable students to confidently and maturely position their personal practice within the discipline and a broader professional context
3 Enable students to maturely determine the appropriate personal design methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work to clearly identified audiences/clients/users/stakeholders
Mode of delivery
Self-Generated Design Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials, Crits, Presentations, Lectures |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Studio (Design)
Co-requisites
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Studio (Design)
Prohibited combinations
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. master the critical evaluation of their discipline, and professionally position themselves within it
2. apply appropriate advanced communication skills persuasively, both orally and visually and to present, rationalise and communicate design concepts within a professional context
3. demonstrate a fully integrated, critical and mature relationship between their studio work and professional practice |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Personal bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 10 hours
Directed study 30 hours
Self-directed study 60 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS, FASHION AND TEXTILES, VISUAL COMMUNICATION |
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