Postgraduate Course: MFA Exhibition and Portfolio (Design) (DESI12005)
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 12 (n/a) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module is the culmination of the MFA programme. It enables students to build upon their creative research and develop further their personal integrated, critical and reflective creative approach appropriate to their chosen design discipline. Students work on in-depth self-selected and generated design projects, planning, preparing and presenting their work in an appropriate exhibition format.
Aims of course
1 To enhance an ability to effectively present a body of work in a professional manner to a wide audience.
2 To critically review and consolidate organisational and exhibition strategies
3 To present a contextualised position for a critical creative practice.
Mode of delivery
Exhibition, Self-Generated Design Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials, Crits, Presentations, Lectures |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Research-Led Practice (Design), Critical Study
Co-requisites
Research-Led Practice (Design), Critical Study
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. Demonstrate a significant ability to maturely integrate appropriate exhibition/installation/portfolio strategies in relation to a nominated audience/s
2. Demonstrate a consolidated position for the research focus within exhibited work
3. Employ a range of appropriate methods to synthesise individual positions which extends contemporary creative practice within their chosen discipline |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Personal bibliography to be determined and discussed with Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 15 hours
Directed study 120 hours
Self-directed study 265 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | FASHION AND TEXTILES, DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS, VISUAL COMMUNICATION |
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