Undergraduate Course: Design Context 2 (DESI08004)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course introduces you to the defining characteristics and events of modernity and postmodernity and to the key critical concepts of modernism and postmodernism by which we comprehend these ideas. It identifies and engages with the significant critical and aesthetic debates and creative practices that have shaped visual culture since the late nineteenth century.
Aims of course
1 To enable you to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of visual culture since the late nineteenth century.
2 To help you develop competence, imagination and understanding when applying key critical concepts relevant to the analysis and production of visual culture.
3 To introduce key critical concepts that will establish a foundation for the theoretical development of your studio practice.
Mode of delivery
blended learning: lectures, workshops, tutorials, projects, presentations, visits, social e-learning |
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 180 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 44,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 32,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
120 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
TBC |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- RESEARCH: Research and show a detailed knowledge of a range of critical and creative approaches using a variety of appropriate tools.
- ANALYSE: Demonstrate an applied knowledge of critical and creative developments both in your field and in relation to their wider cultural influence.
- COMMUNICATE: Show initiative in managing your work and convey creative ideas in a range of imaginatively structured and coherent forms.
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Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Connor, C (1997). Postmodernist Culture: an introduction to theories of the contemporary. Oxford: Blackwell. Harrison, C & Wood, P (2003) Art in Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Hopkins, D (2000) After Modern Art:1945 - 2000. Oxford: OUP. Sparke, P (2004) An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century. London: Routeledge. Weston, R (2002) Modernism. London: Phaidon. Woodham, J (1997) Twentieth Century Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |
| 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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